Lavagna-Formation

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(18%,0%,33%,22%)
Color RGB
R: 165 G: 200 B: 135
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
unknown status

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Lavagna-Formation
Français
Formation de Lavagna
Italiano
Formazione di Lavagna
English
Lavagna Formation
Origin of the Name

In Anlehnung an ähnliche Sedimente im Ligurischen Apennin (Val Lavagna) benannt.

Historical Variants

Formazione di Val Lavagna [sic] (Carta geol. Italia), «pré-flysch» (albo-aptien?) (Trümpy 1976), Scisti di Val Lavagna = Lavagna-Schiefer = Lavagna-Schiefer-Formation (Lüdin 1987), black siliceous shale (Mateeva et al. 2017)

Description

Thickness
Max. ca. 20 m am Hörnligrat (Lüdin 1987).

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • Albian
Age at base
  • Aptian
Dating Method

Albien bis Ende Kreide im Ligurischen Apennin (Decandi & Elter 1972).

Geography

Type area
Appennino ligure (Italia)

References

Important Publications
Winkler Wilfried (1988) : Mid- to early Late Cretaceous flysch and melange formations in the western part of the Eastern Alps: palaeotectonic implications. Jb. geol. Bundesanstalt (Wien) 131/2, 341-389
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