unité du Pleureur

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
Rank
tectonically bounded lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Pleureur-Einheit
Français
unité du Pleureur
Italiano
unità del Pleureur
English
Pleureur unit
Origin of the Name

Le Pleureur (VS)

Historical Variants

Zone des Mont Pleureur = Bündnerschiefer des Mont Pleureur (Hagen 1951), unité du Pleureur (Burri et al. 1999), Pleureur unit (Dal Piaz et al. 2015)

Age

Age at top
  • Cretaceous
Age at base
  • Cretaceous

References

Definition
Dal Piaz Giorgio V., Bistacchi A., Gianotti F., Monopoli B., Passeri L., Schiavo A. (2015) : Foglio 070 Monte Cervino. Note illustrative della carta geologica d'Italia alla scala 1:50.000, foglio 070, 431 p.

Light phyllitic marbles, metasedimentary breccias with calcareous and dolomitic fragments, quartz-micaceous calcschists with reddish surface alteration. (Dal Piaz et al. 2015)
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