«Tauben-Flysch»

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Tauben-Flysch»
Français
«Flysch du Tauben»
Italiano
«Flysch del Tauben»
English
«Tauben Flysch»
Origin of the Name

Dauben = Tauben = Tube (BE), Saanen

Historical Variants

Flysch du Tauben (de Raaf 1934, Rutsch et al. 1966)

Age

Age at top
  • Cretaceous
Age at base
  • Cretaceous

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Rutsch R. F., ... (1966) : Alpes suisses et Tessin méridional. Lexique stratigraphique international, vol. 1 Europe, fasc. 7c

TAUBEN, FLYSCH du ... (Crétacé ; Préalpes)

de Raaf (1934) equivalent de Flysch du Chaussy (Andrau 1929).

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