Arosa-Melange

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Representation and status

Index
fWA
Color CMYK
(0%,0%,56%,12%)
Color RGB
R: 225 G: 225 B: 100
Rank
lithostratigraphic Group
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Arosa-Melange
Français
Mélange d'Arosa
Italiano
Mélange di Arosa
English
Arosa Mélange
Historical Variants

«Wildflysch», «Ophiolith-Melange», Arosa-Deckenkomplex, Mélange della zona di Arosa (Sciesa 1991)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

Age at top
  • Early Turonian
Age at base
  • Late Cenomanian

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
Piemont Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

  • «Cenomanbrekzien-Serie»

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    Valid term
    Bargella-Brekzie
    In short

    Normal gelagerter schiefriger Tonstein, Mergel und Kalk mit gradierten Brekzienlagen in der Arosa-Mélange.

    Age
    Cenomanian
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  • Fercheneck-Dolomit

    Name Origin

    Fercheneck ?=? Färcha (LI)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short
    Invers gelagerter Dolomit-Olistolith in der Arosa-Mélange.
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