Peridotite del Moncucco

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(22%,0%,38%,37%)
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 160 B: 100
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Moncucco-Peridotit
Français
Péridotite du Moncucco
Italiano
Peridotite del Moncucco
English
Moncucco Peridotite
Origin of the Name

Moncucco (Italia)

Historical Variants

Talk-Peridotit-Linse des Moncucco (Bearth 1956), Ophiolites de Moncuco (Escher et al. 1987), Moncucco peridotites (Steck 2008), Moncucco peridotite (Steck et al. 2015), Moncucco-Peridotit (Bl. Saas)

Description

Thickness
Bis 400 m (Steck 2008).

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • plutonic
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