«Nördliche Anthrazit-Zone»

Representation and status

Rank
lithostratigraphic Group
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
obsolete term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Nördliche Anthrazit-Zone»
Français
«zone carbonifère externe»
Historical Variants

Anthracitbildung, nördliche Zone = nördliche Anthracitzone (Studer 1872), terrain houiller valaisan p.p. = zone carbonifère externe = zone externe = zone hercynienne (Lombard 1949), zone Châtelard - Alesse (Oulianoff 1957b)

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Geography

Geographical extent
Dauphiné, Savoie, Valais entre Martigny et St-Maurice (Vernayaz, Collonges, Dorénaz), Ferden, Bristenstock, Bifertengrat, Steinach (Tirol).

Palaenography and tectonic

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