Platthorn-Dolomit

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Representation and status

Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Platthorn-Dolomit
Français
Dolomite du Platthorn
English
Platthorn Dolomite
Origin of the Name

Platthorn = Plattenhörner (VS)

Historical Variants

dolomie ocreuse ferrifère des Plattenhörner (Argand 1909)

Age

Age at top
  • Triassic
Age at base
  • Triassic

Palaenography and tectonic

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