Plateaux

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
Plateaus [sic]
Français
Plateaux
Italiano
Plateaux
English
Plateaux
Historical Variants

Plateaus, Plateaux (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).

  • Bözberg Plateau

    Name Origin

    Bözberg (AG)

    Rank
    tectonic
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short

    The Bözberg Plateau is a small plateau of the External Folded Jura, detached for a few hundreds of meters to the north. It is limited to the north by the frontal Mandach Thrust and to the south by the «Vorfaltenzone» (partly hidden by the overthrust Internal Folded Jura).

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