Arenaria del Sabbione

Representation and status

Color RGB

R: 175 G: 150 B: 125

Rank

lithostratigraphic unit

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Sabbione-Sandstein

Français

Grès du Sabbione

Italiano

Arenaria del Sabbione

English

Sabbione Sandstone

Origin of the Name

Lago del Sabbione (Italia)

Historical Variants

Sabbione-Sandstein (Bl. Binntal + Helsenhorn), Group V-III = Sabbione metasandstone (Carrupt 2003)

Age

Age at top

• Bathonian

Age at base

• Bajocian

Geography

Geographical extent

Saflischpass, Binntal, Alpe del Sabbione, Val Toggia.

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Pizzo-del-Vallone

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

References

Definition

Carrupt Elisabeth (2003) : New stratigraphic, structural and geochemical data from the Val Formazza - Binntal area (Central Alps). Mémoires de Géologie (Lausanne) 41, 103 p.

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