Gruppo del Flysch Lombardo

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Representation and status

Index
c8-12
Color CMYK
20 / 10 / 70 / 0
Color RGB
R: 210 G: 205 B: 110
Rank
lithostratigraphic Group
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Lombardischer Flysch
Français
Groupe du Flysch Lombard
Italiano
Gruppo del Flysch Lombardo
English
Group of the Lombardian Flysch
Origin of the Name

Lombardia (Italia)

Historical Variants

Kreideflysch (Senn 1924), Flysch (Bitterli 1965, Oppizzi & Spinedi 2007), Cenoman- und Turonflysch (Longo 1968), südalpiner Kreideflysch (Büchi & Trümpy 1976), Flysch cretacico superiore Lombardo = Late Cretaceous Flysch in Lombardy = Upper Cretaceous Flysch of Lombardy (Bichsel & Haering 1981), Lombardian Flysch (Bernoulli et al. 1981), Flysch cretacico (Bini et al. 1992), Lombardischer Flysch (Spillmann 1993), Flysch Lombardo (Stockar 2003)

Description

Description

Venzo 1954, Aubouin et al. 1979, Gelati et al. 1982

Thickness
Bis 2000 m (Bichsel & Haering 1981) ; ca. 3000 m (Bersezio et al. 2004).

Age

Age at top
  • Campaniano tardo
Age at base
  • Late Cenomanian

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Flyschs
Paleogeography
Lombardy Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
  • Flysch di Bergamo

    Name Origin

    Bergamo (Italia)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Torbiditi argillosi ed argilloso-calcarei.

    Age
    Spätes Santonien
    • Megabed di Missaglia

      Name Origin
      Missaglia (Italia)
      Rank
      lithostratigraphic Bed
      Status
      local name (informal)
      In short
      Megabed costituto da un conglomerato basale (1 m), che passa gradualmente verso l'alto a calcarenite gradata, calcisiltite e marna.
  • Formazione (del Piano) di Sirone

    Name Origin

    Sirone (Italia)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short

    Puddinga poligenica intercalata a banchi di arenaria grigio-scura.

    Age
    Late Coniacian
  • Flysch di Pontida

    Name Origin

    Pontida (Italia)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    unknown status
    In short

    Torbiditi arenoso-argillosi.

    Age
    Early Turonian
  • «Flysch Rosso»

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    In short

    Arenarie micacee alternate con calcilutiti e separate da micriti di colore rosso.

    Age
    Latest Cenomanian
  • «Peliti Neri Superiori»

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    In short

    Arenarie micacee alternate con calcilutiti e separate da micriti di colore grigio scuro.

    Age
    Late Cenomanian
  • Flysch di Coldrerio

    Name Origin

    Coldrerio (TI)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Arenite torbiditica, siltite, marna.

    Age
    Spätes Santonien
  • Conglomerato di Torre

    Name Origin

    Torre (TI), S Mendrisio

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    In short

    Conglomerato polimittico, arenite torbiditica.

    Age
    Santonian
  • Flysch del Varesotto

    Name Origin

    Varesotto = Provincia di Varese (Italia)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Formazione basale del Flysch Lombardo: arenite torbiditica grigia, siltite, marna.

    Age
    Late Cenomanian
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