Formation des Besoëns
Back to Doldenhorn NappeRepresentation and status
- Index
- r
- Color CMYK
- (0%,25%,25%,22%)
- Color RGB
- R: 200 G: 150 B: 150
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Formation
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
Nomenclature
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- Besoëns Formation
- Origin of the Name
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Alpage des Besoëns (France), situé 1.5 km au NE du col du Joly
- Historical Variants
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Infralias (Grasmück 1961), Formation des Besoëns (Epard 1989 p.316, Gabus et al. 2008)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
- Units at floor
Age
- Age at top
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- Rhaetian
- Note about top
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(Hettangien?)
- Age at base
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- Rhaetian
Geography
- Type area
- zone de Chamonix et secteur du Mont Joly
- Type profile
Palaenography and tectonic
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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- Helvétique occidental
- Doldenhorn
- Morcles
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Mont Blanc
:
massif du Mont Blanc -
Aiguilles Rouges
:
massif des Aiguilles Rouges
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary