Dogger de l'Amône

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Representation and status

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Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Amône-Dogger
Français
Dogger de l'Amône
Italiano
Dogger del Amône
English
Amône Dogger
Origin of the Name

L'Amône = L'Amônaz (VS)

Historical Variants

Dogger de l'Amône (Grasmück 1961)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

Age at top
  • Bajocian
Age at base
  • Aalenian

Geography

Type area
Val Ferret suisse

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Dogger of the Helvetics
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary

Material and varia

Images
Amone-Spatkalk

  • Couche fossilifère de l'Amône

    Name Origin

    L'Amône = L'Amônaz (VS)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short

    Calcaire néritique à Lamellibranches de la base de la couverture sédimentaire autochtone du massif du Mont Blanc.

    Age
    late Aalenian
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  • Poudingue de l'Amône

    Name Origin

    L'Amône = L'Amônaz (VS)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short

    Conglomérat côtier de transgression à gros galets de roches cristallines et ciment calcaire, formant la base de la couverture sédimentaire autochtone du massif du Mont Blanc.

    Age
    Aalenian
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