Membro di Montorfano

Representation and status

Color CMYK

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Rank

lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Montorfano-Member

Français

Membre de Montorfano

Italiano

Membro di Montorfano

English

Montorfano Member

Origin of the Name

Montorfano Bresciano (Italia)

Historical Variants

Lithothamnienkalke von Montorfano (Buxtorf & Reichel 1936, Longo 1968), Montorfano-Member (Kleboth 1985)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

• Formazione di Tabiago

Age

Age at top

• late Paleocene

Age at base

• late Paleocene

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• South Alpine

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary