Molasse du Mont et d'Epalinges

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
Le-Mont-Epalinges-Molasse
Français
Molasse du Mont et d'Epalinges
Italiano
Molassa del Mont e di Epalinges
English
Le Mont-Epalinges Molasse
Origin of the Name

Le Mont-sur-Lausanne (VD), resp. Epalinges (VD)

Historical Variants

grès coquillier d'Epalinges (Maillard 1881a), Molasse du Mont et d'Epalinges (Bersier 1938 p.49)

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Hierarchy and sequence

Age

Age at top
  • Burdigalian
Age at base
  • Burdigalian

Geography

Type area
Jorat (VD)

Palaenography and tectonic

  • OMM-I
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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