Scaglia Bianca Lombarda

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Representation and status

Index
c7
Color CMYK
0 / 60 / 40 / 0
Color RGB
R: 245 G: 135 B: 130
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Scaglia Bianca Lombarda
Français
Scaglia Bianca Lombarda
Italiano
Scaglia Bianca Lombarda
English
White Lombardian Scaglia
Historical Variants

Sass della Luna (Varisco 1881, Venzo 1954, Bersezio 1992), Scaglia Bianca (Vonderschmitt 1940, Stockar 2003, Carcano et al. 2007), Weisse Scaglia (Vonderschmitt 1941), Scaglia bianca (Oppizzi & Spinedi 2007), White Scaglia (Bitterli 1965), Scaglia Bianca Lombarda (Bernoulli et al. 2018)

Nomenclatorial Remarks

Corrisponde al Sass della Luna (Varisco 1881).

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Synonyms
Sass de la Luna

Description

Thickness
80 m (Carcano et al. 2007)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Late Albian
Age at base
  • Late Albian

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Kreide des Südalpins
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Conditions of formation

open-marine (pelagic), quiet environment

References

Definition
Vonderschmitt Louis (1941) : Bericht über die Exkursion der Schweizerischen Geologischen Gesellschaft in den Süd-Tessin. Eclogae geol. Helv. 33/2 (1940), 205-219

  • Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1c)

    Rank
    chemostratigraphy
    Status
    valid
    In short
    Oceanic anoxic event of the Late Albian.
    Age
    Middle Albian
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