Flysch autochtone
Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Rank
- tectonically bounded lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Autochthoner Flysch
- Français
- Flysch autochtone
- Italiano
- Flysch autoctono
- English
- Autochthonous flysch
- Historical Variants
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Flysch de la série autochtone (Lillie 1937), Flysch autochtone (Ducloz 1944), Marno-micacé autochtone (Schoeder & Ducloz 1955), flysch "autochtone" nord-helvétique (Huber 1964), flysch autochtone (Papanikolaou 1982b)
Components
Fossil Content
- cyrenids
- plants : Plantae
- bivalves
Cyrènes, Cardiidés, Meletta
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- early Oligocene
- Age at base
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- early Oligocene
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Préalpes du Chablais (Pointe de Chevran, Rocher des Granges ; Lillie 1937), ...
Palaenography and tectonic
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- North-Helvetic Flysch
- Paleogeography
- North Helvetic Domain
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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Aiguilles Rouges
:
massif des Aiguilles Rouges
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Aiguilles Rouges
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- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary