Formation des Besoëns

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Representation and status

Index
r
Color CMYK
(0%,25%,25%,22%)
Color RGB
R: 200 G: 150 B: 150
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Besoëns-Formation
Français
Formation des Besoëns
Italiano
Formazione dei Besoëns
English
Besoëns Formation
Origin of the Name

Alpage des Besoëns (France), situé 1.5 km au NE du col du Joly

Historical Variants

Infralias (Grasmück 1961), Formation des Besoëns (Epard 1989 p.316, Gabus et al. 2008)

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Rhaetian
Note about top

(Hettangien?)

Age at base
  • Rhaetian

Geography

Type area
zone de Chamonix et secteur du Mont Joly
Type profile

Palaenography and tectonic

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