Scisti di Levone

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,0%,0%,100%)
Color RGB
R: 150 G: 175 B: 200
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Levone-Schiefer
Français
Schistes de Levone
Italiano
Scisti di Levone
English
Levone Schist
Origin of the Name

Levone (Italia)

Historical Variants

Scisti varicolori argillosi e marnosi, talora con straterelli e lenti di calcare griogio e nero (Bearth), Levone Shales (Sturani 1975), shale and limestone of Levone (Biino & Compagnoni 1989), Scisti di Levone (Dal Piaz et al. 1992a)

Age

Age at top
  • Late Jurassic
Age at base
  • Late Jurassic

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Sturani Carlo (1975) : Explanatory notes on the western Alps (from the Sestri-Voltaggio line to the Val d'Ossola). Quaderni de «La Ricerca Scientifica». C.N.R. (Roma) 149-174
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