Marne de Champforgeron

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
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Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Champforgeron-Mergel
Français
Marne de Champforgeron
Italiano
Marna di Champforgeron
English
Champforgeron Marl
Origin of the Name

Quartier de Champforgeron (France) à Besançon

Historical Variants

Marnes de Champforgeron (Choffat 1878b, Dreyfuss et al. 1956), Marne de Champ-Forgeron (Rollier 1882), marnes de Champforgeron (Rollet 1958), Marnes à Rhynchonelles de Belfort et Marnes à Rhynchonelles de Champforgeron (BRGM Doubs)

Description

Thickness
1 m (Rollier 1882)

Components

Fossil Content
  • rhynchonellids
  • terebratulids
  • ostreids
  • crinoids

Ostrea knorri Voltz, Apiocrinus parkinsoni d'Orb.

Hierarchy and sequence

Age

Age at top
  • early Callovian
Age at base
  • late Bathonian

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Dogger of the Jura Mountains
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary

References

Definition
Dreyfuss M., ... (1956) : Jurassique s.str. (France, Belgique, Pays-Bas, Luxembourg). Lexique stratigraphique international Vol.1 Fasc.4a V
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