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    BODIN, Stéphane; VERMEULEN, Jean; GODET, Alexis; FÖLLMI, Karl B

    Comptes rendus. Geoscience, 08/2006, Volume: 338, Issue: 10
    Journal Article

    The Chopf Member is a glauconitic, phosphate-bearing succession that occurs in the distal part of the Helvetic Alps (eastern Switzerland). The recent discovery of age-diagnostic ammonites within this horizon allows for its attribution to the lower part of the Gerhardtia sartousiana zone (middle Late Barremian). This new age corresponds to a maximal age for the onset of the Schrattenkalk Fm. in this area, and is coeval with the onset of the Urgonian facies in other parts of the western Tethyan realm. This new age allows also for a more precise dating of Late Barremian delta13C curves.