Couches de Censeau

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,7%,32%,16%)
Color RGB
R: 215 G: 201 B: 147
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
unknown status

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Censeau-Schichten
Français
Couches de Censeau
Italiano
Strati di Censeau
English
Censeau Beds
Origin of the Name

Censeau (France)

Historical Variants

Couches de Censeau (Marcou 1859, Sornay et al. 1957)

Geography

Type locality

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Cretaceous of the Jura Mountains
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic

References

Definition
Sornay J., ... (1957) : Crétacé (France, Belgique, Pays-Bas, Luxembourg). Lexique stratigraphique international, vol. 1 Europe, Fasc. 4a VI
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