Malm des Préalpes Médianes
Back to Médianes PlastiquesRepresentation and status
- Index
- M
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Group
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Malm der Klippen-Decke
- Français
- Malm des Préalpes Médianes
- Italiano
- Malm delle Prealpi Mediani
- English
- Malm of the Préalpes Médianes
- Origin of the Name
-
Malm was the name for calcareous loam, once used for making bricks and comes from the Old English word mealm, meaning 'soft'.
- Historical Variants
-
Klippenmalm
Description
- Description
-
calcaires clairs massifs, pélagiques
Age
- Age at top
-
- Late Jurassic
- Age at base
-
- Late Jurassic
- Dating Method
-
"Malm"