Calcaire d'eau douce du Golat

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Representation and status

Index
m4
Color CMYK
(0%,8%,26%,2%)
Color RGB
R: 250 G: 230 B: 185
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Golat-Süsswasserkalk
Français
Calcaire d'eau douce du Golat
Italiano
Calcare d'acqua dolce del Golat
English
Golat Freshwater Limestone
Origin of the Name

Le Golat (BE), Sorvilier

Historical Variants
Golat-Süsswasserkalke und -Mergel, Süsswasserbildungen und Glimmersande von Golat/Sorvilier (Kälin 1993), calcaires d'eau douce aux environs de Golat (Pfirter 1997)

Description

Geomorphology
Croupes.

Age

Age at top
  • middle Miocene
Age at base
  • middle Miocene

Geography

Geographical extent
Synclinal de Tavannes.

Palaenography and tectonic

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