«Domérien-Sandstein»

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Representation 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

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
  • late Pliensbachian (= Domerian)
Note about top

Ev. Toarcien basal.

Age at base
  • late Pliensbachian (= Domerian)

Palaenography and tectonic

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