«Craie d'Oye»

Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,0%,0%,35%)
Color RGB
R: 165 G: 165 B: 165
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
obsolete term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Craie d'Oye»
Français
«Craie d'Oye»
Italiano
«Craie d'Oye»
English
«Craie d'Oye»
Origin of the Name

Oye-et-Pallet (Doubs, France)

Historical Variants

calcaire crayeux blanc d'Oye et Pallet (Guillaume 1966 p.186)

Hierarchy and sequence

Age

Age at top
  • Late Cretaceous
Age at base
  • Late Cretaceous

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Guillaume Solange (1966) : Le Crétacé du Jura français. Bulletin Bureau de Recherches géologiques et Minières, 1-5, 297 p.
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