Deutsch: Mont-Chétif-Decke Français: Nappe du Mont Chétif Italiano: Falda del Mont Chétif English: Mont Chétif Nappe
The Mont Chétif Nappe is an Upper Helvetic tectonic nappe of the French and Western Swiss Alps. It forms a band of sedimentary rocks overlying the sedimentary cover of the Internal Mont Blanc Massif from Saxon in the Rhône Valley up to south of the Mont Blanc summit. It seems to be autochthonous above the small Mont Chétif Massif in the Valle d’Aosta. This nappe is assumed to be the root of the Wildhorn Nappe Complex situated north of the Rhône.
massif du Mont Chétif (Argand 1911b), cuneo listrico Ultraelvetico del M. Chetif = cuneo del M. Chetif = scaglia del M. Chetif (Dal Piaz et al. 1992a), massif du Mont Chétif, Mont Chétif Nappe (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)
Deutsch: Griessstock-Decke Français: Nappe du Griessstock Italiano: Falda del Griessstock English: Griessstock Nappe
The Griessstock Nappe is one of several small Lower Helvetic tectonic units of the Klausenpass region, wedged between the sedimentary series of the Aar massif and the Axen Thrust. It is constituted by Late Jurassic to Paleogene sediments (Quinten to Taveyannaz formations) that were deposited further south than the autochthonous-parautochthonous sediments of the Aar Massif, but still in the North Helvetic realm.
Deutsch: Pfunds-Decke Français: Nappe de Pfunds Italiano: Falda di Pfunds English: Pfunds Nappe
The Lower Penninic Pfunds Nappe is the lowest and largest tectonic unit in the core of the Lower Engadine Window. It consists of kilometer-thick Mesozoic shaly-calcareous-sandy marine sedimentary rocks of Cretaceous age («Bündnerschiefer»), which contain some metabasalt bodies (incl. the large body of metabasalts at Piz Mundin which forms the stratigraphic basis of the «Bündnerschiefer» in the center of the window).
Pfundser Zone (Ucik 1966, Gruber et al. 2010), Pfundser-Serie (Thum 1969), Zone von Pfunds (Bertle 1999, Bertle 2004), Zone von Pfunds = Pfundser Serie = Nordpenninikum (Bertle 2002), Pfunds-Zone
Deutsch: Lecco-Störung Français: Faille de Lecco Italiano: Faglia di Lecco English: Lecco Fault
The Lecco Fault is a NW–SE trending structure separating the sediments of the former Generoso Basin from the Upper Orobic Nappe of the Bergamasc Alps. It is probably a reactivated Mesozoic fault.
Deutsch: Casanna-Schuppe Français: Écaille de la Casanna Italiano: Scaglia della Casanna English: Casanna Slice
The Casanna Slice is considered as an independant tectonic klippe correlated with the Err Nappe Complex and overlying the Arosa Zone. It is made up of a sedimentary series of Lower Austroalpine affinity.
Deutsch: Grüenhorn-Schuppe Français: Écaille du Grüenhorn Italiano: Scaglia del Grüenhorn English: Grüenhorn Slice
The Grüenhorn Slice is considered as an independant tectonic klippe correlated with the Err Nappe Complex and overlying the Arosa Zone. It is made up of a sedimentary series of Lower Austroalpine affinity.
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