Tuffiti della Val Serrata

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
0 / 90 / 90 / 0
Color RGB
R: 240 G: 65 B: 50
Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Val-Serrata-Tuffit
Français
Tuffite du Val Serrata
Italiano
Tuffiti della Val Serrata
English
Val Serrata Tuffite
Origin of the Name

Val Serrata = Val Serada (TI), W Riva San Vitale

Historical Variants
Arkose-Sandsteinbänke (Frauenfelder 1916), Tufite della Val Serrata (Wirz 1945, Brenoulli et al. 2018)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Early Ladinian
Age at base
  • Early Ladinian
Dating Method
241.2 +/-0.8 Ma (U/Pb min. Alter, Mundil et al. 1996)

References

Definition
Wirz A. (1945) : Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Ladinikums im Gebiete des Monte San Giorgio. Schweiz. Pal. Abh. 65
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