Mont Vully Syncline

Representation and status

Rank

tectonic

Validity

Unit is not in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Mont-Vully-Synklinale

Français

Synclinal du Mont Vully

English

Mont Vully Syncline

Origin of the Name

Mont Vully (FR)

Historical Variants

Mont Vully Syncline (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Molasse

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.27: [The Foreland Plateau] is characterized by NE–SW trending low amplitude folds. Several of these are clearly visible at the surface, exposed due to glacial erosion, e. g., the Mont Vully Syncline between Lac de Neuchâtel and Lac de Morat.