«Calcaire du Malm» (du Jura)

Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
obsolete term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Malmkalk» (des Juragebirges)
Français
«Calcaire du Malm» (du Jura)
Italiano
«Calcare del Malm» (del Giura)
English
«Malm Limestone» (of the Jura Mountains)
Origin of the Name

Roche calcaire du Jurassique tardif de la chaîne du Jura

Historical Variants

Oberjurakalk = Malmkalk (Meyer 2017), Calcaires jurassiques supérieurs

Age

Age at top
  • Late Jurassic
Age at base
  • Late Jurassic

Palaenography and tectonic

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