Scaglia Variegata Lombarda

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Representation and status

Index
c6-7
Color CMYK
10 / 50 / 40 / 0
Color RGB
R: 225 G: 145 B: 135
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Scaglia Variegata Lombarda
Français
Scaglia Variegata Lombarda
Italiano
Scaglia Variegata Lombarda
English
Variegated Lombardian Scaglia
Historical Variants

Scaglia Variegata (Vonderschmitt 1940, Stockar 2003), Bunte Scaglia mit Fischschiefer (Vonderschmitt 1941), Scisti neri (Venzo 1954), Marne di Bruntino (Passeri 1969, Bersezio 1992), Scaglia variegata, Lower Scaglia, Variegated Scaglia (Bitterli 1965), Scaglia Variegata Lombarda (Bernoulli et al. 2018)

Nomenclatorial Remarks

Corrisponde alle Marne di Bruntino (Passeri 1969).

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Description

Description

Strongly varying clay/marl/calcareous shale/argillaceous limestone sequence.

Thickness
180 m (Carcano et al. 2007)

Age

Age at top
  • Early Albian
Age at base
  • Late Aptian

Palaenography and tectonic

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

open-marine (pelagic), quiet environment

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
  • Paquier Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1b)

    Rank
    Oceanic Anoxic Event
    Status
    valid
    In short

    Oceanic anoxic event of the Early Albian.

    Age
    Latest Aptian
  • «Scisti a pesci»

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    Age
    Cretaceous
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