Domaine dauphinois

Representation and status

Color CMYK
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Rank
paleogeography
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Dauphinois-Zone
Français
Domaine dauphinois
Italiano
Dominio Delfinese
English
Dauphinois zone
Historical Variants
bassin dauphinois, zone dauphinoise (Debelmas et al. 1970), zone delphino-helvétique (Villars 1988), zone externe, Helvetic-Dauphinois Zone, Dauphiné zone, sistema Elvetico-Delfinese = Zona Delfinese (Dal Piaz et al. 1992a)

Description

Description
faciès caractéristique des "Terres noires" du Bathonien-Oxfordien

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

Age at top
  • Late Jurassic
Age at base
  • Early Jurassic

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
European continental plate
  • Chaines Subalpine Nappe

    Rank
    nappe
    Status
    valid
    Nomenclatorial Remarks
    <p>"Préalpes" des géographes</p>
    In short

    The Chaines Subalpines Nappe is a Lower Helvetic tectonic nappe of the French Alps constituted by a succession of large folds with NW vergence to the north of the latitude of Annecy and with W vergence to the south. Its eastern contact is a thrust fault plunging NW over the Aiguilles Rouges and Belledonne massifs. It is overlain to the north by the Pillon Mélange Zone just below the Penninic Prealps, and overlies the southern end of the Subalpine Molasse to the west. The Chaines Subalpines Nappe is subdivided into several units by thrust faults. All these units are composed of Jurassic–Cenozoic sediments of North Helvetic origin, except the most external one, located south of Annecy, whose series is similar to that of the Internal Folded Jura.

    • Chaînes Subalpines Septentrionales

      Rank
      orography
      Status
      informal term
      In short

      Chaînons septentrionaux de la Nappe des Chaînes Subalpines: Vercors, Chartreuse, Bauges, Bornes-Aravis et Haut Giffre.

      • domaine présubalpin

        Rank
        paleogeography
        Status
        informal term
        In short

        Domaine dont la succession lithologique a des affinités à la fois jurassiennes et subalpines.

      • Massif du Haut Giffre

        Name Origin

        Haut Giffre = Haut Faucigny (Haute-Savoie, France)

        Rank
        orography
        Status
        local name (informal)
        In short

        Massif calcaire des Chaînes Subalpines septentrionales.

      • Massif des Bornes-Aravis

        Name Origin

        Chaîne des Aravis (Haute-Savoie, France)

        Rank
        orography
        Status
        local name (informal)
        In short

        Massif calcaire des Chaînes Subalpines septentrionales.

      • Massif des Bauges

        Name Origin

        Bauges (Haute-Savoie, France)

        Rank
        chronostratigraphic Subperiod
        Status
        local name (informal)
        In short

        Massif calcaire des Chaînes Subalpines septentrionales.

      • Massif de la Chartreuse

        Rank
        orography
        Status
        local name (informal)
        In short

        Massif calcaire des Chaînes Subalpines septentrionales.

      • Massif du Vercors

        Rank
        orography
        Status
        local name (informal)
        In short

        Massif calcaire des Chaînes Subalpines septentrionales.

    • Chaînes Subalpines Méridionales

      Rank
      orography
      Status
      informal term
      In short

      Chaînons méridionaux de la Nappe des Chaînes Subalpines: Baronnies, Dévoluy, Diois.

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