«Marnes rouges» (OMM/OSM)
Representation and status
- Color CMYK
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- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- incorrect name (though informally used)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- «Rote Mergel» (OMM/OSM)
- Français
- «Marnes rouges» (OMM/OSM)
- English
- «Red Marls» (OMM/OSM)
- Historical Variants
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Marnes à Helix rubra (Nicolet ----), marnes rouges (Desor & Gressly 1859), marnes rouges à Helix rubra (Jaccard 1869), Rote Mergel (Tobler 1905 Tab.2b), Marnes rouges (Rollier 1911), Marnes rouges = Marnes rouges du Locle = Marnes rouges de la Combe-Girard (Rollier 1912a)
Age
- Age at top
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- early Serravallian
- Note about top
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MN6 = Serravallien basal (KÄLIN et al. 2001, BECKER 2003, HAVRAN 2011, MOJON et al. 2018)
- Age at base
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- Langhian
- Note about base
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MN5 = Langhien (Kälin et al. 2001)
- Dating Method
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sommet du Miocène moyen = Vindobonien (Rollier 1912a)
Palaenography and tectonic
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- OSM-J
- OMM-II
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary