Faisceaux

Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
Rank
tectonic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Faisceaux
Français
Faisceaux
Italiano
Faisceaux
English
Faisceaux
Historical Variants

Faisceaux (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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.24: The most prominent features of the External Folded Jura are the largely undeformed or only slightly deformed tabular areas, called Plateaux, which are separated by narrow zones of intense deformation known as Faisceaux (e. g., Chauve et al. 1980).

  • Mandacher Störung

    Name Origin

    Mandach (AG)

    Rank
    tectonic
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    The Mandach Thrust is considered as the northern boundary of the Detached North Alpine Foreland.

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  • «Vorfaltenzone»

    Rank
    tectonic unit
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    The «Vorfaltenzone» is a faisceaux-type fold belt of the External Folded Jura, partly hidden by the overthrust Internal Folded Jura.

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