faglia delle Centovalli

Representation and status

Index

CL

Color CMYK

N/A

Color RGB

R: 250 G: 50 B: 50

Rank

tectonic

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

valid

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Centovalli-Störung

Français

faille des Centovalli

Italiano

faglia delle Centovalli

English

Centovalli fault

Origin of the Name

Centovalli (TI)

Historical Variants

Centovallistörung (Bearth 1956), ligne des Centovalli (Gouffon 1993), Centovalli strike-slip fault (Steck 2008), Centovalli-Linie, Centovalli fault = Centovalli-Störung = faille des Centovalli (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

Age

Age at top

• Miocene

Age at base

• Miocene

References

Definition

Steck Albrecht (2008) : Tectonics of the Simplon massif and Lepontine gneiss dome: deformation structures due to collision between the underthrusting European plate and the Adriatic indenter. Swiss J. Geosci. 101, 515-546