Mouthe Fault

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

Mouthe-Störung

Français

Accident tectonique de Mouthe

English

Mouthe Fault

Origin of the Name

Mouthe (France)

Historical Variants

Mouthe Fault (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Jura :
  Juragebirge

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.26: (...) the Pontalier-Aubonne Fault Zone, a major sinistral strike-slip fault zone that shifts the thrust front to the south, similar to the Mouthe Fault Zone further west.