Conglomérats de Tramelan

Representation and status

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Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Tramelan-Konglomerate
Français
Conglomérats de Tramelan
Italiano
Conglomerato di Tramelan
English
Tramelan Conglomerate
Origin of the Name

Tramelan-Dessus (BE)

Historical Variants

Conglomérats oeningiens de Tramelan = Brèche et Gompholite de Tramelan (Rollier 1912a)

Hierarchy and sequence

Upper boundary

Marnes et marno-calcaires oeningiens

Lower boundary

Malm (Fm. du Twannbach)

Age

Age at top
  • Miocene
Age at base
  • Miocene
Dating Method

Vindobonien (marnes rouges) et Oeningien (gompholite) (Rollier 1912a)

Palaenography and tectonic

  • OSM-J
  • Upper Marine Molasse
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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