Molasse burdigalienne

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
obsolete term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Burdigale Molasse
Français
Molasse burdigalienne
Italiano
Molassa burdigalianna
English
Burdigalian molasse
Historical Variants
Burdigalien auct. (Rutsch 1933), Burdigalien = unterer Teil der OMM (Gerber & Wanner 1984), Molasse burdigalienne, Burdigalian facies (Schoepfer & Berger 1989)

Description

Thickness
250-300 m (Gerber & Wanner 1984)

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof
Units at floor

Geography

Type profile

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Schoepfer Pascal, Berger Jean-Pierre (1989) : «Burdigalian» and «Helvetian» in Western Switzerland. Geol. Carpathica 40, 17–21

p.17: [The lower part of the OMM] corresponds to the "Burdigalian facies". It is built of a tide- and wave-dominated sandy unit in which sedimentological (Homewood et al. 1981) as well as paleontological (Berger 1985) analyses have been carried out.
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