Cuisian

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,0%,0%,100%)
Rank
chronostratigraphic Substage
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Cuisien
Français
Cuisien
Italiano
Cuisiano
English
Cuisian
Origin of the Name

Named after the village of Cuise-la-Motte (Oise, France).

Historical Variants
Cuisien (Dollfus 1877, Dollfus 1880, Denizot et al. 1957)

Age

Age at top
  • late Ypresian
Age at base
  • late Ypresian

Geography

Type area
Paris Basin (France)

References

Definition
Dollfus G. (1877) : Terrains tertiaires dans le Bassin anglo-parisien. Bull. Soc. géol. Normandie (1880)
Definition
Denizot G., ... (1957) : Tertiaire (France, Belgique, Pays-Bas, Luxembourg). Lexique stratigraphique international, vol. 1 Europe, Fasc. 4a VII
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