Membre de Montcherand

Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 105 G: 175 B: 155
Rank
lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Montcherand-Member
Français
Membre de Montcherand
Italiano
Membro di Montcherand
English
Montcherand Member
Origin of the Name

Montcherand (VD)

Historical Variants

Urgonien jaune (Remane 1989), Montcherand Member (Pictet 2021)

Description

Thickness
Max. 33 m à la localité-type, avec de rapides variations latérales (Pictet 2021)

Age

Age at top
  • Early Barremian
Age at base
  • Late Hauterivian

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Cretaceous of the Jura Mountains
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
  • Banc de la Vaux

    Name Origin

    La Vaux (VD) au sud de Croy

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Calcaire oolitique massif (packstone à grainstone) jaune à blanc, à stratification plane ou entrecroisée de la partie supérieure du Membre de Montcherand.

    Age
    Early Barremian
  • Banc du Cul du Nozon

    Name Origin

    Cul du Nozon (VD)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Niveau marneux gris-bleu riche en Panopées de la partie médiane du Membre de Montcherand.

    Age
    Late Hauterivian
  • Banc du Pont des Pierres

    Name Origin

    Pont des Pierres (Valserine, France)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Complexe marno-calcaire (wackestone à packstone) glauconieux de la base de la Formation des Gorges de l'Orbe du Jura méridional.

    Age
    Late Hauterivian
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