Flysch del Varesotto
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- Color CMYK
- 20 / 10 / 60 / 5
- Color RGB
- R: 200 G: 200 B: 125
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Formation
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Varesotto-Flysch
- Français
- Flysch du Varesotto
- Italiano
- Flysch del Varesotto
- English
- Varesotto Flysch
- Origin of the Name
- Historical Variants
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Basis des Flysches im Mendrisiotto (Vonderschmitt 1938), Untere Flysch mit Globotruncana appenninica (Vonderschmitt 1941), Flysch gris = Flysch del Varesotto (Aubouin et al. 1970, Bernoulli et al. 2018), Varesotto Flysch = Flysch del Varesotto (Bichsel & Haering 1981)
Components
Lithologic Content
Lithoklasten aus: Maiolica, Radiolarit, Lias-Kieselkalk
Fossil Content
Globigerinen, Radioldarien, Globotruncanen (Gl. appenninica Renz), Orbitolinen (O. conoidea Gras)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Superordinate unit
- Units at roof
- Units at floor
Age
- Age at top
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- Early Santonian
- Age at base
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- Late Cenomanian
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Lombardia nord-occidentale e Ticino (Varesotto, Mendrisiotto).
Palaenography and tectonic
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- Flyschs
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
- Conditions of formation
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facies di piana di bacino (Bichsel & Haering 1981)