Banc de la Vaux

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Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 110 G: 180 B: 160
Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
La-Vaux-Bank
Français
Banc de la Vaux
Italiano
Strati della Vaux
English
La Vaux Bed
Origin of the Name

La Vaux (VD) au sud de Croy

Historical Variants

La Vaux Bed (Pictet 2021)

Age

Age at top
  • Early Barremian
Age at base
  • Early Barremian

Palaenography and tectonic

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