«Marne de Cornaux»

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Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 185 G: 190 B: 90
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Cornaux-Mergel»
Français
«Marne de Cornaux»
Italiano
«Marna di Cornaux»
English
«Cornaux Marl»
Origin of the Name

Cornaux (NE)

Historical Variants

Marne de Cornaux (Pictet 2021)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

Geography

Geographical extent
Jura neuchâtelois.

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Cretaceous of the Jura Mountains
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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