Formation de la Dent d'Arpire
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- Color CMYK
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- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Formation
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Dent-d'Arpire-Formation
- Français
- Formation de la Dent d'Arpire
- English
- Dent d'Arpire Formation
- Origin of the Name
- Dent d'Arpire
- Historical Variants
- ensemble conglomératique inférieur (Antoine et al. 1972, Fudral 1973), Dent d'Arpire Formation (Loprieno 2001)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
- Upper boundary
- Surface irrégulière, probablement érosive avant ou pendant le dépôt de la Fm. des Pyramides Calcaires sus-jacente.
Age
- Age at top
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- Toarcian
- Age at base
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- Toarcian
- Dating Method
- Ammonites (Loprieno 2001).
Geography
- Type area
- Combe de la Nova
Palaenography and tectonic
- Paleogeography
- Valaisan Basin
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
References
- Definition
- (2001) : A combined structural and sedimentological approach to decipher the evolution of the Valais domain in Savoy (Western Alps). Inauguraldissertation, Universität Basel, 285 S.