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

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
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