Mellichen-Metagabbro
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- Color CMYK
- (53%,0%,7%,41%)
- Color RGB
- R: 70 G: 150 B: 140
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- local name (informal)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Mellichen-Metagabbro
- Français
- Métagabbro de Mellichen
- Italiano
- Metagabbro di Mellichen
- English
- Mellichen Metagabbro
- Origin of the Name
- Historical Variants
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Mellichen metagabbro (Fry & Barnicoat 1987, Müller-Sigmund et al. 1995, Rubato et al. 1998), Mellichen gabbro (Steck 2008, Steck et al. 2015)
Age
- Age at top
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- Oxfordian
- Age at base
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- Callovian
- Dating Method
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163.5 +/-1.8 Ma (U/Pb SHRIMP zircon ; Rubatto et al. 1998)