Scisti di Baceno

Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,20%,30%,10%)
Color RGB
R: 230 G: 185 B: 160
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Baceno-Schiefer
Français
Schistes de Baceno
Italiano
Scisti di Baceno
English
Baceno Schists
Origin of the Name

Baceno (Italia), Valle Antigorio

Historical Variants
Bacenoschiefer = Schiefer von Baceno (Schmidt & Preiswerk 1908, Rothpletz 1914, Joos 1967), Bacenoschichten (Rothpletz 1912a), Baceno "schists" (Milnes 1965), schistes de Baceno inférieurs et supérieurs (Steck 1984), Baceno-Schiefer (Leu 1986), Métagrauwackes de Baceno (Escher et al. 1987), micascisti granatiferi di Baceno = micascisti di Baceno (Dal Piaz et al. 1992a), Baceno schists (Steck 2008, Steck et al. 2013)

Description

Description
strongly deformed quarzo-feldspathic basement rocks (Milnes 1965), Paleozoic meta-graywackes (Steck et al. 2013) ; Granatphylliten mit helle oder graue Marmore

Hierarchy and sequence

Upper boundary
Intrudiert durch den Verampio-Granit.

Age

Age at top
  • Paleozoic
Age at base
  • Paleozoic

Geography

Geographical extent
Lepontin

References

Definition
Rothpletz August (1914) : Beiträge zur Stratigraphie und Tektonik des Simplongebietes Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft 66/1-2, 76-178

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