Calcaire d'eau douce du Golat
Back to Molasse of the JuraRepresentation and status
- Index
- m4
- Color RGB
- R: 255 G: 235 B: 190
- 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
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Le Golat (BE), Sorvilier
- Historical Variants
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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
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- middle Miocene
- Age at base
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- middle Miocene
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Vallée de Tavannes.
- Type area
- Synclinal de Tavannes (BE)
Palaenography and tectonic
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- OSM-J
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
- Metamorphism
- non metamorphic