Flysch des Médianes
Representation and status
- Index
- FM
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is not in Use
- Status
- incorrect term (disused)
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Flysch der Klippen-Decke
- Français
- Flysch des Médianes
- Italiano
- Flysch delle Prealpi Mediane
- English
- Flysch of the Préalpes Médianes
- Historical Variants
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Klippenflysch, Klippen-Flysch, Klippen-Decken-Flysch = Flysch der Klippen-Decke (Wegmüller 1947, Wegmüller 1953), Flysch der Klippen-Decke (Flück 1973 S.15), Flysch des Médianes (Guillaume 1986), flysch eocenico Brianzonese (Dal Piaz et al. 1992a), Flysch des Médianes-Formation (Hable 1997), Flysch des Préalpes Médianes(Dapples 1998)
Description
- Thickness
- Max. environ 50 m à Cuvigne-Derrey.
Age
- Age at top
-
- Lutetian
- Age at base
-
- middle Paleocene
- Dating Method
-
Nummulites [Lombard 1940, Tercier 1942, Wegmüller 1949, Favre 1952]
Palaenography and tectonic
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
-
- sedimentary