Université de Fribourg

Sédimentologie et paléontologie des paléoenvironnements côtiers rupéliens de la Molasse marine rhénane dans le Jura suisse

Picot, Laurent ; Becker, Damien ; Cavin, Lionel ; Pirkenseer, Claudius ; Lapaire, Frédéric ; Rauber, Gaëtan ; Hochuli, Peter A. ; Spezzaferri, Silvia ; Berger, Jean-Pierre

In: Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 2008, vol. 101, no. 2, p. 483-513

Aim. To analyse the marine influences of the Rhenish sea in the distal part of the Swiss Molasse Basin (Jura Molasse) during the Early Oligocene, in order to reconstruct the palaeoenvironmental and the palaeogeographical evolution.Location and geological setting. In the Jura Molasse, the Rhenish sea deposits are mainly preserved in three sedimentary basins: Laufen, Delémont and Ajoie. They...