The Pliocene is the last geochronologic epoch of the Neogene, starting with the Zanclean age (at the transition from the Miocene epoch) and ending with the Piacenzian age (at the transition to the Pleistocene epoch).
The Miocene is the first geochronologic epoch of the Neogene, starting with the Aquitanian age (at the transition from the Oligocene epoch) and ending with the Messinian age (at the transition to the Pliocene epoch).
The Oligocene is the last geochronologic epoch of the Paleogene, starting with the Rupelian age (at the transition from the Eocene epoch) and ending with the Chattian age (at the transition to the Miocene epoch).
oligos = peu , kaïno = récent
--- (Beyrich 1854), Oliocène (Denizot et al. 1957), Oligocän, Oligocaen
The “Upper Prealps” is a complex of four nappes composed of flysch deposits originiating from the Piemonte-Liguria Ocean. It is located structurally on top of both the Préalpes Médianes Nappe and the Breccia Nappe.
Deutsch: «Lucomagno-Einheit» Français: «Unité du Lukmanier» Italiano: «Unità del Lucomagno» English: «Lucomagno Unit»
The Lucomagno Unit corresponds to the upper part of the Leventina-Lucomagno Nappe (Eastern Lepontic) forming a pre-Alpine sedimentary shell above the Leventina orthogneisses (“Leventina Unit”) and further deformed during the Alpine orogeny.
The Internal Einsiedeln Slices overlie the Drusberg Nappe and underlie the Wägital Nappe in the region between Schwyz and Wägitalersee. They consist of slices of Late Cretaceous and Paleogene sediments of South Helvetic origin.
Zone der Schuppen unmittelbar vor der Stirnfalte der tieferen Kreide der Drusbergdecke = Fluhbriggewölbe (Jeannet et al. 1935), Innere Einsiedler Schuppenzone (Frei 1963, Lienert et al. 2003, Letsch & Kiefer 2017), Innere Einsiedler Schuppenzone = IESZ (Kuhn 1972), Inner Imbricated Zone of Einsiedeln, Internal Einsiedeln Slices (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)
Deutsch: Genf-Stadium Français: Stade de Genève Italiano: Stadio di Ginevra English: Geneva stage
Stade de stagnation tardiglaciaire (phase de retrait de la Dernière Période Glaciaire) du glacier lémanique. Le «lac de 405 m» avec sa «terrasse de 30 m» (Dryas ancien selon Gabus et al. 1987) correspondrait à ce stade
Stade de Genève = lac de 405 m (Moscariello et al. 1998), Stade de Genève = lac de 405 m = terrasse de 30 m (Girardclos 2001), stade de Genève = lac de 405 m = Delta glacio-lacustre de Saint-Antoine (Wildi et al. 2014, Wildi et al. 2017), Stade de Genève (Fanguin 2014)
Deutsch: Periadriatische Magmatische Provinz Français: Province magmatique périadriatique English: Periadriatic Magmatic Province
The Periadriatic Magmatic Province gave rise to plutons and many dykes of Eocene–Oligocene age straddling the Periadriatic Fault System. The final emplacement of the plutons often coincides temporally with activity along this fault system.
rocce granitiche terziarie alpine (Wenk 1992), Periadriatic Magmatic Province (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)
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