Flysch di Pontida

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
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Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
unknown status

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Pontida-Flysch
Français
Flysch de Pontida
Italiano
Flysch di Pontida
English
Pontida Flysch
Origin of the Name

Pontida (Italia)

Historical Variants

Formazione di Pontida (De Rosa & Rizzini 1967, Bichsel & Haering 1981, Bersezio et al. 1990), Pontida Formation (Bernoulli et al. 1981)

Description

Thickness
Ca. 300 m.

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Late Coniacian
Age at base
  • Early Turonian

Geography

Geographical extent
Lombardia centrale (Brianza) + Bergamasco, Bresciano?

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Flyschs
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Conditions of formation

Deposizione abissala / depositi di piana di bacino (Bichsel & Haering 1981)

References

Definition
Bichsel Matthias, Haering Markus O. (1981) : Facies evolution of Late Cretaceous flysch in Lombardy (northern Italy). Eclogae geol. Helv. 74/2, 383–420
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