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Km1

Material name:	Km1
Synonyms:	N/A
Material (geologic):	Late Jurassic (Late Kimmeridgian: lower part of the so-called "Tabalcon limestones"?) flint.

Foto: Jehanne Féblot-Augustins, 2005.

Sampled sites:

Morestel

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Material description

Mode of occurrence: Medium-sized (5x5x3 cm to 10x10x5 cm) nodules, either globular or more generally flat and elongated.

Cortex: White, chalky with a powdery texture, thin (1 to 3 mm), transition sharp.

Colour: Light to very light bluish grey (N7.5 to N8)

Pattern: Banded, more distinctly so just below the cortex, but given the size of the nodules all detached flakes display banding.

Appearance: Outer portion homogeneous, centre imperfectly silicified, but occasionally the entire material may be homogeneous; dull and opaque, smooth and fine-grained (coarse in imperfectly silicified areas).

Structure: Grain density is variable, a feature not correlated with colour-banding; convoluted bioturbation figures.

Texture: Mudstone to wackestone.

Matrix: Opaque, to subtranslucent below the cortex in darker areas.

Grains: 1 to 10 %, reaching 30 % in coarser areas, subangular and irregularly shaped, poorly sorted (125 to 2000 µ).

Grain composition: Foraminifera (probably Conicospirillina sp.), very numerous Dasycladaceae algae (Campbelliella striata), abundant sponge spicules (thick-walled monaxon spicules, occasionally preserved tightly-woven lattice of hexactinellids), pelecypod fragments, serpulids, rare Tubiphytes.

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Morestel

Locality:	Morestel, France, Isère department
Synonyms:	Sampling site Bugey 42 after Féblot-Augustins
Geographical description:	As the site is deemed vulnerable to over-collecting, no further details are given. If you have any questions about the exact location of the source for scientific study, contact the author for further details
Geographical co-ordinates:	east/x 845 north/y 2081 (Lambert zone II, NTF) This corresponds roughly with Lat. 45° 41' N Long. 005° 28' E (WGS84)
Co-ordinate precision:	As indicated above, this small site has to be protected from heavy exploitation. The coordinates above are accurate enough to get an idea where this material occurs, but deliberately too inaccurate to find the site on a map or with a GPS-receiver.
Geology:	According to the geological map, the substrate belongs to the Late Kimmeridgian Tabalcon formation (unit J7-8). Map of all sampled localities of Kimmeridgian flint in the Bugey (PDF, 427 KB, opens in new window).
Type of source:	Primary.
Other types of flint:	Apart from the Km1 type, also both other known Kimmeridgian materials, Km2 and Km3, can be found here.

Foto: Jehanne Féblot-Augustins, 2005

Foto: Jehanne Féblot-Augustins, 2005

Last modified on:
November 15, 2005

Contents primarily by:
Jehanne Féblot-Augustins

Comments to:

Mode of occurrence:	Medium-sized (5x5x3 cm to 10x10x5 cm) nodules, either globular or more generally flat and elongated.
Cortex:	White, chalky with a powdery texture, thin (1 to 3 mm), transition sharp.
Colour:	Light to very light bluish grey (N7.5 to N8)
Pattern:	Banded, more distinctly so just below the cortex, but given the size of the nodules all detached flakes display banding.
Appearance:	Outer portion homogeneous, centre imperfectly silicified, but occasionally the entire material may be homogeneous; dull and opaque, smooth and fine-grained (coarse in imperfectly silicified areas).
Structure:	Grain density is variable, a feature not correlated with colour-banding; convoluted bioturbation figures.
Texture:	Mudstone to wackestone.
Matrix:	Opaque, to subtranslucent below the cortex in darker areas.
Grains:	1 to 10 %, reaching 30 % in coarser areas, subangular and irregularly shaped, poorly sorted (125 to 2000 µ).
Grain composition:	Foraminifera (probably Conicospirillina sp.), very numerous Dasycladaceae algae (Campbelliella striata), abundant sponge spicules (thick-walled monaxon spicules, occasionally preserved tightly-woven lattice of hexactinellids), pelecypod fragments, serpulids, rare Tubiphytes.
Further information:	Click here for the original French description (opens in a new window), or here for more information on the attributes used in the description (use your browser's "BACK"-button to return here).
Citing:	Information on citing this page can be found here.