Scaglia Rossa Lombarda

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Representation and status

Index
c8
Color CMYK
40 / 0 / 60 / 0
Color RGB
R: 160 G: 210 B: 140
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Scaglia Rossa Lombarda
Français
Scaglia Rossa Lombarda
Italiano
Scaglia Rossa Lombarda
English
Red Lombardian Scaglia
Historical Variants

Scaglia Rossa (Vonderschmitt 1940, Venzo 1954, Stockar 2003, Carcano et al. 2007), Rote Scaglia (Vonderschmitt 1941), Red Scaglia (Bitterli 1965), Formazione di Sorisole (Bersezio et al. 1990), Scaglia rossa (Oppizzi & Spinedi 2007), Scaglia Rossa Lombarda (Bernoulli et al. 2018), Marne e calcareniti rosse

Nomenclatorial Remarks

Corrisponde alla Formazione di Sorisole (Bersezio et al. 1990)

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Synonyms
Formazione di Sorisole

Description

Thickness
40 m (Carcano et al. 2007)

Components

Fossil Content
  • foraminifera
  • radiolarians

Globigerinen, Radiolarien, Globotruncanen (Gl. appenninica Renz)

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Late Cenomanian
Age at base
  • Early Cenomanian

Geography

Geographical extent
Lombardia nord-occidentale e Ticino (Varesotto, Mendrisiotto).

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Kreide des Südalpins
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Conditions of formation

open-marine (pelagic), quiet environment

Metamorphism
non metamorphic

References

Definition
Vonderschmitt Louis (1941) : Bericht über die Exkursion der Schweizerischen Geologischen Gesellschaft in den Süd-Tessin. Eclogae geol. Helv. 33/2 (1940), 205-219
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