Corn-Alv-Dolomit

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,30%,86%,2%)
Color RGB
R: 250 G: 175 B: 35
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Corn-Alv-Dolomit
Français
Dolomie du Corn Alv
Italiano
Dolomia del Corn Alv
English
Corn-Alv Dolomite
Origin of the Name

Corn Alv (GR), Bivio

Historical Variants
Bardelladolomit (Cornelius 1923), Corn-Alv Dolomit (Furrer et al. 1985)

Description

Thickness
200-400 m (Furrer et al. 1985)

Components

Fossil Content
  • gastropods
  • foraminifera
  • bivalves

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Norian
Age at base
  • Norian

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Furrer Heinz (Ed.) (1985) : Field workshop on Triassic and Jurassic sediments in the Eastern Alps of Switzerland. Mitt. geol. Inst. ETH und Univ. Zürich (N.F.) 248, 81 S.
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