«Parte superiore del Calcare di Meride»

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(56%,8%,0%,29%)
Color RGB
R: 80 G: 165 B: 180
Rank
lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Oberer Teil des Meride-Kalkes»
Français
«Partie supérieure du Calcaire de Meride»
Italiano
«Parte superiore del Calcare di Meride»
English
«Upper part of the Meride Limestone»
Historical Variants

Obere Meridekalke (Frauenfelder 1916), Obere Kalkzone (Senn 1924), Calcare di Meride superiore (Bernoulli et al. 2018)

Description

Thickness
Ca. 350 m (Senn 1924), bis 400-500 m.

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • Ladinian
Age at base
  • Ladinian

Geography

Type area
Monte San Giorgio (TI)

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Frauenfelder A. (1916) : Beiträge zur Geologie der Tessiner Kalkalpen. Eclogae geol. Helv. 14, 247-367
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