Couches-Rouges (ZSK)

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Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 195 G: 220 B: 90
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Couches-Rouges (ZSK)
Français
Couches-Rouges (ZSK)
Italiano
Couches-Rouges (ZSK)
English
Couches-Rouges (ZSK)
Historical Variants

Couches rouges mit Foraminiferen (Baltzer 1906), Couches rouges (Knecht 1925)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Cretaceous of the Penninics
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic

  • «Fucoidenschiefer»

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    In short

    Schwarze Fucoidenschiefer, die lokal an der Basis der Couches rouges der Zentralschweizerische Klippen auftreten.

    Age
    Late Cretaceous
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