Banc de Bellegarde

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(0%,0%,0%,100%)

Color RGB

R: 105 G: 180 B: 190

Rank

lithostratigraphic Bed

Validity

Unit is not in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Bellegarde-Bank

Français

Banc de Bellegarde

Italiano

Strato di Bellegarde

English

Bellegarde Bed

Origin of the Name

Bellegarde-sur-Valserinne (Ain, France)

Historical Variants

Unit U2 (Pictet et al. 2019), Bellegarde Bed (Pictet 2021)

Description

Thickness

Max. 1,5 m (Pictet 2021).

Age

Age at top

• Late Barremian

Age at base

• Late Barremian

Geography

Geographical extent

Jura méridional.

Type locality

• Bellegarde-sur-Valserinne (Ain, France)
  Coordinates
  • (2475350 / 1107600)

Palaenography and tectonic

• Urgonian

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Jura :
  Juragebirge

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

Metamorphism

non metamorphic