Marmo di Sevinèra

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(28%,7%,0%,10%)
Color RGB
R: 165 G: 215 B: 230
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Sevinèra-Marmor
Français
Marbre de Sevinèra
Italiano
Marmo di Sevinèra
English
Sevinèra Marble
Origin of the Name

Alpe di Sevinèra (TI), E Campo (Val Bavona)

Historical Variants
Sevinèra marble (Matasci et al. 2011 p.262), Upper Jurassic marble

Description

Thickness
Bis zu 30 m (Matasci et al. 2011).

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Tithonian
Age at base
  • Oxfordian

Geography

Geographical extent
Lepontin: Val Bavona.

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
monocyclic

References

Definition
Matasci Battista, Epard Jean-Luc, Masson Henri (2011) : The Teggiolo zone: a key to the Helvetic–Penninic connection (stratigraphy and tectonics in the Val Bavona, Ticino, Central Alps). Swiss J. Geosci. 104, 257–283

p.262: 3.3.4 The Sevinèra marble

Calcitic marbles are a conspicuous constituent of the Teggiolo zone, although their distribution is discontinuous because they frequently disappear by erosion below the base of the third sedimentary cycle. They are well exposed on both banks of Val Bavona where their thickness can reach 30 m. Their lower limit with the Sevinèra sandstone is sharp. As they make nice outcrops at the same locality we call this marble formation the Sevinèra marble. It shows a gradual vertical evolution in composition and aspect and can conveniently be subdivided into two members:

1. The lower part has a characteristic yellowish to brownish color (‘‘yellow member’’). The base of this member is banded and consists in an alternation of cm or dm-thick beds of slightly impure limestones (10–20% of fine-grained quartz, feldspar, mica and dolomite), with more impure and more coarsely quartzic and micaceous limestones or calcschists (Fig. 3). It passes very progressively upwards, by attenuation of the bedding and increasing purity, to a more homogenous and massive, still yellowish limestone. The protolith of this sequence must have been an alternation of beds of more or less argillaceous limestones and marls, with decreasing upwards content in clay minerals and other fine-grained detritals.

2. The upper part is a very pure limestone (98% calcite). It is massive, homogeneous and white (‘‘white member’’).

  • White Member

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    In short
    Marbre calcaire très pur, blanc et massif, de la partie supérieure des Marbres de Sevinèra.
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  • Yellow Member

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    In short
    Alternance centimétrique à décimétrique (aspect rubané) de marbre légèrement impur et de calcaire quartzeux et micacé ou de calcschiste. La série devient plus massive vers le haut.
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