Fribourg Lineament

Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 250 G: 50 B: 50
Rank
fault zone
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Freiburg-Störung
Français
Accident tectonique de Fribourg
English
Fribourg Lineament
Origin of the Name

Fribourg = Freiburg (FR)

Historical Variants

Fribourg Lineament (Vouillamoz et al. 2016, Vouillamoz et al. 2017, Gouffon et al. 2024)

Palaenography and tectonic

Kind of protolith
  • tectonic
Metamorphism
non metamorphic

References

Definition
Gouffon Yves (Editor) (2024) : Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern

p.27: In addition to the folds, a series of fault zones have been shown to play an important structural role, such as the Fribourg Lineament, a sinistral fault zone, which is seismically still active (Vouillamoz et al. 2016, 2017) and may be related to the change of the main shear horizon from the Keuper Group evaporites (west) to the Muschelkalk Group evaporites.
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