Série du Mont Laget

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Representation and status

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

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Mont-Laget-Serie
Français
Série du Mont Laget
Italiano
Serie del Mont Laget
English
Mont Laget Series
Origin of the Name

Mont Laget = Grand Aget (VS)

Historical Variants

série du Mont-Laget (Szepessy Schaurek 1949, Schaer 1959a), Série du Mt. Laget (Schaer 1959b), série du Grand Laget (Bearth 1963), Grand Laget-Serie (Rutsch et al. 1966), Série du Grand Laget (Burri 1983), Série du Laget (Derron & Jacquod 1994), Laget series (incl. Laget meta-ignimbrite) ( Bussy et al. 1996b), Grand Laget Meta-ignimbrit (Scheiber et al. 2014)

Age

Age at top
  • Guadalupian (= Middle Permian)
Age at base
  • Cisuralian (= Early Permian)
Dating Method

267 - 282 Ma (U/Pb zircon: Bussy et al. 1996b)

References

Definition
de Szepessy Schaurek A. (1949) : Geologische Untersuchungen im Grand Combin-Gebiet zwischen Dranse de Bagnes und Dranse d'Entremont. Kreutler (Zürich)
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