Faglia di Marzio

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
Marzio-Störung
Français
Faille de Marzio
Italiano
Faglia di Marzio
English
Marzio Fault
Historical Variants

Marzio Fault (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

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.109: The WSW–ENE trending Arbostora Anticline occupies the southern part of the Varesotto Imbricates and is separated to the north, by the Marzio Fault, from a complex syncline of imbricated Mesozoic sediments. West of a complex transfer zone, thrusts are N-vergent, east of it S-vergent.

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