Aroley Formation
Couches de l’Aroley | |
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Pierre Avoi is the type locality of the Aroley formation. | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Valais trilogy |
Underlies | Couches des Marmontains |
Overlies | Brèches du Grand Fond Group |
Thickness | Average of 100 m |
Lithology | |
Primary | Calcitic schist |
Other | Fine conglomerate |
Location | |
Coordinates | 45°41′46″N 6°44′04″E / 45.696144°N 6.734438°E |
Region | Savoie |
Country | France |
Type section | |
Named for | Plan Aroley |
The Couches de l’Aroley (short: Aroley Formation) are a sedimentary formation deposited during the Early Cretaceous (Barremian to Aptian). They consist of calcitic schists with dolomite clasts interbedded with finegrained conglomerates. The whole sequence is about 100 m thick.[1]
The Couches de l’Aroley are the lowest of the three post-rift sequences deposited in the Valais ocean. It overlies syn-rift sequences of the Brèches du Grand Fond Group.[2]
The Aroley Formation can be found within the following nappes:
The type locality is the Massif de la Pierre Avoi, in Saxon, Valais, Switzerland. The formation is named after a "Plan Aroley" which lies below the Pierre Avoi. It was first described by Rudolf Trümpy 1952.[3]
The Couches de l’Aroley can be correlated with the Klus Formation and the Tristel Formation found in eastern Switzerland, the Engadin window and the Tauern window.[2][4]
References
- ^ Loprieno, Andrea. "http://earth.unibas.ch/tecto/research/Diss_Loprieno_2001_small.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved 21 February 2013.
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- ^ a b Loprieno, Andrea (2011). "The Valais units in Savoy (France): a key area for understanding the palaeogeography and the tectonic evolution of the Western Alps".
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(help) - ^ "Couches de l'Aroley". Lithostratigraphisches Lexikon der Schweiz.
- ^ Tricart, Pierre-Charles de Graciansky, David G. Roberts, Pierre (2010). The Western Alps, from rift to passive margin to orogenic belt : an integrated geoscience overview (1st ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier. p. 153. ISBN 978-0444537249.
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