Marne de la Russille (sensu Jaccard 1869)

Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 110 G: 180 B: 160
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Russille-Mergel (sensu Jaccard 1869)
Français
Marne de la Russille (sensu Jaccard 1869)
Italiano
Marna della Russille (sensu Jaccard 1869)
English
Russille Marl (sensu Jaccard 1869)
Origin of the Name

La localité historique de Jaccard est située à environ 500 m au SW de La Russille (VD).

Age

Age at top
  • Late Hauterivian
Age at base
  • Late Hauterivian
Dating Method

Directement (Jaccard 1869): Terebratula ebrodunensis, actuellement Costithyris ebrodunensis. Indirectement : orbitolinidés, algues Dasycladales, nannoplancton calcaire, dinoflagellés (cf. <1331>Formation des Gorges de l’Orbe</1331>)

Geography

Geographical extent
Jura vaudois (en particulier entre Bretonnières et La Russille) et neuchâtelois.
Type area
Jura vaudois
Type locality

Palaenography and tectonic

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