Calcaire siliceux de Dole

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Representation and status

Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Dole-Kalk
Français
Calcaire siliceux de Dole
English
Dole siliceous limestone
Origin of the Name

Dole (France)

Historical Variants

Calcaire siliceux de Dole (Contini 1989, Lathuillière et al. 2005)

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Oxfordian
Age at base
  • Oxfordian

Geography

Type area
Dole (France)

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Malm of the Jura Mountains
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic

References

Definition
Contini Daniel (1989) : L'Oxfordien du Jura septentrional: définition des formations, évolution paléogéographique. Ann. Sci. Univ. Franche-Comté (4) 9, 3-16
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