Formazione di Val Sabbia

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(5%,23%,0%,22%)
Color RGB
R: 190 G: 155 B: 200
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Val-Sabbia-Formation
Italiano
Formazione di Val Sabbia
English
Val Sabbia Formation
Origin of the Name

Val Sabbia (TI)

Historical Variants
Val Sabbia Formation (Masson & Steck 2015)

Age

Age at top
  • late Sinemurian
Age at base
  • late Sinemurian

References

Definition
Masson Henri, Steck Albrecht (2015) : The Maggia-Sambuco nappe : stratigraphy, correlations and tectonic consequences (Central Alps). Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Abstract Volume 13 (Basel), 16–17

p.17: [The Massari Formation] passes upwards to layers of white quartzite, sometimes with garnet, staurolite and kyanite. We name this characteristic intercalation the Val Sabbia Formation. It can be correlated with the thick quartzite of late Early Liassic (Lotharingian) age, so conspicuous in a large part of the Helvetic domain.
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