Flysch de la nappe de Morcles
Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Rank
- tectonically bounded lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Flysch der Morcles-Decke
- Français
- Flysch de la nappe de Morcles
- Italiano
- Flysch della falda di Morcles
- English
- Flysch of the Morcles nappe
- Historical Variants
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Flysch de la nappe de Morcles (Lillie 1937), «Flysch» (?) de la Nappe de Morcles (Schroeder & Ducloz 1955), flysch de la nappe de Morcles (Papanikolaou 1982b), Flysch des Dents du Midi (Ducloz 1944)
Age
- Age at top
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- early Oligocene
- Age at base
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- early Oligocene
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Massif de Morcles, Dents du Midi.
Palaenography and tectonic
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- Flyschs
- Paleogeography
- North Helvetic Domain
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)