«Lizun-Grünschiefer»

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Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 120 G: 160 B: 120
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Lizun-Grünschiefer»
Français
«Schistes du (Piz) Lizun»
Italiano
«Scisti del (Piz) Lizun»
English
«Lizun Greenschists»
Origin of the Name

Piz Lizun (GR)

Historical Variants

Gabbro (Piz Lizzun) (Staub 1921), Diabas-Prasinit-Serie des Piz-Lizzun-Maroz (Staub 1946), andesitisch-basaltische Gänge des Piz Lizun (Nivergelt & Dietrich 1977), basaltic dikes at Piz Lizun (Wenk 1980), Ofioliti di Lizun (Sciesa 1991), Lizun-Grünschiefer (Spillmann 1993)

Hierarchy and sequence

Lower boundary

Turba-Mylonitzone

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • ophiolitic
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