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Fig. 4

From: New data on the biostratigraphy (charophytes, nannofossils, mammals) and lithostratigraphy of the Late Eocene to Early Late Miocene deposits in the Swiss Molasse Basin and Jura Mountains

Fig. 4

a Scheulte River partial section of the Terre jaune (survey 1983 by M. Weidmann). 1: Alluvium. 2: White, beige or greenish clayey marls, with silty layers and small lenticular beds of chalky freshwater limestone containing planorbids (Raitsche), frequent pebbles of reworked Boluston, charophytes and undeterminable bone fragments. 3: Greenish-beige clay with charophytes and undeterminable plant remains. 4: Yellow, pink or orange silty homogeneous marls with inconspicuous stratification. b Fessevillers section in the Conglomérat de Porrentruy and its Kimmeridgian substratum (survey 2014 by P.-O. Mojon, detailed description in the text). c Hauterive/Rouges-Terres section (survey 2013 by P.-O. Mojon, detailed description in the text). d Scheme of a former large paleokarst filling of UMM in the Bois-Rond quarry at Montmollin (redrawn from a sketch of 1990 by X. Tschanz, detailed description in the text).

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