«Domérien-Sandstein»
Back to Doldenhorn NappeRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
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- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- incorrect name (though informally used)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- «Domérien-Sandstein»
- Français
- «Grès du Domérien»
- Italiano
- «Domérien-Sandstein»
- English
- «Domérien-Sandstein»
- Historical Variants
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quartzites pliensbachiens (Lugeon 1903), Domérien = grès siliceux à patine rousse (Lugeon 1914), Pliensbachien+Domérien-Sandkalke (Schenker 1946), grès du Domérien (Epard 1989), Grès calcaires et conglomérats fins (Meister & Loup 1989), Grès du Domérien (Jordan 2007)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- late Pliensbachian (= Domerian)
- Note about top
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Ev. Toarcien basal.
- Age at base
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- late Pliensbachian (= Domerian)
Palaenography and tectonic
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- Liassic of the Helvetics
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary