Lechtal-Decke

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
Rank
nappe
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Lechtal-Decke
Français
Nappe du Lechtal
Italiano
Falda del Lechtal
English
Lechtal Nappe
Origin of the Name

Lechtal (Österreich), Vorarlberg

Historical Variants

Lechtal-Decke (Ampferer & Hammer 1911, Allemann & Blaser 1951), oberes Bajuvarikum, nappe du Lechtal = unité du Lechtal (Hirsch 1966), Lechtal-Decke = Hochbajuvarikum (Gruber et al. 2010)

Nomenclatorial Remarks

"Lechtaler Hauptmulde" sensu Tollmann (1970a, 1976b), "Zürser Synklinorium" sensu May & Eisbacher (1999)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Units at roof
Upper boundary

Inntal-Decke

Lower boundary

Allgäu-Decke

Age

Age at top
  • Late Cretaceous
Age at base
  • Late Carboniferous (= Pennsylvanian)

Geography

Geographical extent
Rhätikon, Fürstentum Liechtenstein, Vorarlberg.

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
Adriatic passive continental margin :
southern continental margin / platform
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • tectonic
Conditions of formation

proximales Schelf der Apulischen Platte

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