Calcaire d'eau douce de Rainson

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Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 255 G: 235 B: 190
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

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

Colline de Rainson = Rinzon (BE) entre Courtelary et Cortébert

Historical Variants

calcaire d'eau douce supérieur = oeningien = calcaires oeningiens de Rainson (Rollier 1892a), Öningerkalk (Tobler 1905 Tab.2a)

Components

Fossil Content
  • plants : Plantae

Heer 1865 S.289

Geography

Geographical extent
Vallon de Saint-Imier.
Type area
Vallon de Saint-Imier (BE)
Type locality
  • Rinzon = Rainson (BE)
    Site particularities
    • typische Fazies
    Site accessibility
    • Steinbruch, Tongrube
    Coordinates
    • (2573300 / 1226440)
    Note
    • Aufschlüsse im Hohlweg und in der Sandgrube am W-Fuss des Rinzon (Rainson), ca. 1.8 km NE von Courtelary (Waibel & Burri 1961 ; siehe auch Rollier 1892a p.50)

Palaenography and tectonic

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