Système de Bourogne

Representation and status

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Rank
paleogeography
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Bourogne-System
Français
Système de Bourogne
Italiano
Sistema di Bourogne
English
Bourogne System
Origin of the Name

Bourogne (France), NE Monbéliard

Historical Variants

Système de Bourogne (Kilian 1884, BRGM-Doubs), Conglomérats et Molasse de Bourogne (Rollier 1910), Formation de Bourogne (Denizot et al. 1957), Système de Bourogne (Sannoisien) (Liniger & Hofmann 1965)

Nomenclatorial Remarks

non: Bourgogne

Description

Thickness
Env. 30 m (Rollier 1910).

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

Age at top
  • Oligocene
Age at base
  • Oligocene

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Kilian W. (1884) : Note sur les terrains tertiaires du Territoire de Belfort et des environs de Montbéliard (Doubs). Bull Soc. géol. France (3) 12
Definition
Denizot G., ... (1957) : Tertiaire (France, Belgique, Pays-Bas, Luxembourg). Lexique stratigraphique international, vol. 1 Europe, Fasc. 4a VII

  • «Bunte Mergel»

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

    Mergelabfolge mit zwischengeschaltetem groben Konglomeraten reich an Hauptrogenstein-Gerölle sowie Süsswasserkalken.

    Age
    early Rupelian
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    • Oberer Haustein

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

      Dépôt marin côtier équivalent des sables marins d'Alzey.

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    • Calcaire d'Allenjoie

      Name Origin

      Allenjoie (France, Doubs), au nord-est de Montbéliard

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      local name (informal)
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    • Unterer Haustein

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      incorrect name (though informally used)
      Age
      Priabonien
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  • «Streifige Mergel»

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    Age
    "middle Oligocene" (Rupelian/Chattian)
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    • Kleinkemser Fazies

      Rank
      regional facies
      Status
      informal term
      In short
      Feinstreifiger plattiger Kalk, Mergel, Steinmergel und Kalksandstein.
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    • «Zone bitumineuse supérieure» (de la Fm. de Pechelbronn)

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      incorrect name (though informally used)
      Age
      frühes Oligozän
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    • «Versteinerungsreiche Zone»

      Name Origin

      Fossilreiche Schichten im mittleren Teil der Pechelbronn-Fm.

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

      Fossilreiche marine bis brackische Einschaltung (erste marine Ingression aus dem Norden) in der Mitte der limnisch-terrestrische Pechelbronn-Formation.

      Age
      early Rupelian
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      • Couches à hydrobies

        Rank
        lithostratigraphic unit
        Status
        incorrect name (though informally used)
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      • Couches à bryozoaires (de la Fm. de Pechelbronn)

        Rank
        lithostratigraphic unit
        Status
        incorrect name (though informally used)
        Age
        frühes Oligozän
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      • Couches à Mytilus (de la Fm. de Pechelbronn)

        Rank
        lithostratigraphic unit
        Status
        incorrect name (though informally used)
        Age
        frühes Oligozän
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    • «Zone bitumineuse inférieure» (de la Fm. de Pechelbronn)

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

      Bunte und teilweise klastische Ablagerungen im unteren Teil der Pechelbronn-Formation.

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    • Isteiner Fazies

      Name Origin

      Istein (Deutschland, Baden-Württemberg), nördlich von Basel

      Rank
      regional facies
      Status
      informal term
      In short

      Littorale Fazies des Streifigen Mergels, bestehend aus Kalksandstein und Konglomeraten.

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    • Konglomerat-Zone

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      incorrect name (though informally used)
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