«Calcaire de Morteau»

Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Morteau-Kalk»
Français
«Calcaire de Morteau»
Italiano
«Calcare di Morteau»
English
«Morteau Limestone»
Origin of the Name

Morteau (Doubs, France)

Historical Variants

Calcaire jaune de Morteau (Jaccard 1870 p.27), Calcaire oolitique de Morteau (Rollier & Favre 1910), Morteau Bed p.p. (Pictet 2021)

Age

Age at top
  • Late Barremian
Age at base
  • Late Barremian

Palaenography and tectonic

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