Calcaire d'eau douce de Courcelon

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Representation and status

Index
o1R
Color CMYK
(0%,10%,71%,6%)
Color RGB
R: 240 G: 215 B: 70
Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Courcelon-Süsswasserkalk
Français
Calcaire d'eau douce de Courcelon
Italiano
Calcare d'acqua dolce di Courcelon
English
Courcelon Freshwater Limestone
Origin of the Name

Courcelon (JU)

Historical Variants

Calcaire d'eau douce ("Raitsche") de Courcelon (Bl. Delémont)

Age

Age at top
  • early Oligocene
Age at base
  • late Eocene

Geography

Geographical extent
Affleurements limités le long de La Scheulte entre Courcelon et Courroux.

Palaenography and tectonic

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