Suren-Flysch

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,0%,0%,100%)
Color RGB
R: 240 G: 225 B: 110
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Suren-Flysch
Français
Flysch du Suren
Italiano
Flysch del Suren
English
Suren Flysch
Origin of the Name

Suren (GL) [Surenstock = Piz Sardona]

Historical Variants

Oberster sandsteinreicher Flysch (Leupold 1942, Wegmann 1961), Suren-Flysch (Bl. Elm)

Age

Age at top
  • middle Eocene
Age at base
  • early Eocene

Palaenography and tectonic

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