Membre des Chevalets

Representation and status

Index

l6C

Color CMYK

(0%,14%,0%,29%)

Color RGB

R: 180 G: 155 B: 180

Rank

lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Chevalets-Member

Français

Membre des Chevalets

Italiano

Membro dei Chevalets

English

Chevalets Member

Origin of the Name

Torrent des Chevalets (VD), au nord de Rossinière

Historical Variants

Schistes intermédiaires (Spoorenberg 1952, Pasquier 1989), oberer Kondensationshorizont (Thury 1973), Couches des Chevalets (Plancherel et al. 2020)

Description

Thickness

0-0,60 m (Thury 1973)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

• Formation de la Combe du Pissot

Age

Age at top

• late Toarcian

Age at base

• middle Toarcian

Note about base

Zone à Bifrons.

Dating Method

Ammonites: Hildoceras bifrons.

References

Definition

Plancherel Raymond, Braillard Luc, Dall'Agnolo Stephan (2020) : Feuille 1245 Château-d’Oex. Atlas géol. Suisse 1:25'000, Notice expl. 144