St-German-Serie

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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
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
St-German-Serie
Français
Série de Saint-Germain
English
St-German Series
Origin of the Name

St-German (VS)

Historical Variants
Südliche Liasserie (Schenker 1946), Série liasique méridionale de St. German (Dolivo 1982 p.24), Série de St. German (Loup 1992)

Age

Age at top
  • Early Jurassic
Age at base
  • Early Jurassic

Geography

Geographical extent
De St-German au Bietschtal.

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Schenker Max (1946) : Geologische Untersuchung der mesozoischen Sedimentkeile am Südrand des Aarmassivs zwischen Lonza und Baltschiedertal (Wallis). Beitr. Geol. Karte Schweiz (N.F.) 86, 73 Seiten
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