Val-Püra-Member

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,23%,86%,31%)
Color RGB
R: 175 G: 135 B: 25
Rank
lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Val-Püra-Member
Français
Membre du Val Püra
Italiano
Membro della Val Püra
English
Val Püra Member
Origin of the Name

Val Püra (GR), oberhalb Alp Chaschauna

Historical Variants
Val Püra-Member (Dössegger 1974)

Age

Age at top
  • Late Permian
Age at base
  • Late Permian

Geography

Geographical extent
Region S-chanf und Federia.
Type area
Val Chaschauna (GR)

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Dössegger Rudolf (1974) : Verrucano und Buntsandstein in den Unterengadiner Dolomiten. Mitt. Geol. Inst. ETH und Univ. Zürich (N.F.) 235
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