External Penninic of Central and Eastern Switzerland
Representation and status
- Color RGB
- R: 239 G: 237 B: 235
- Rank
- tectonic domain
- Validity
- Unit is not in Use
- Status
- local name (informal)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Externes Penninikum der Zentral- und Ostschweiz
- Français
- Pennique Externe de Suisse centrale et orientale
- Italiano
- Pennidico Esterno della Svizzera centrale e orientale
- English
- External Penninic of Central and Eastern Switzerland
- Historical Variants
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Penninic in central and eastern Switzerland (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)
Palaenography and tectonic
- Kind of protolith
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- tectonic
- Metamorphism
- non metamorphic
References
- Definition
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2024) :
Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern
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p.70: The Penninic domain in central and eastern Switzerland extends in several areas. One is located in an external position and comprises Lower Penninic flysch nappes and some klippen of Middle Penninic units overlain by rare remnants of Upper Penninic and Austroalpine units (from west to east: Giswilerstock, Stanserhorn, Buochserhorn, Mythen and Iberg klippen). However, most of the Penninic units of this region are located in a more internal position. They are confined to Graubünden and continue slightly south into the Italian valleys of San Giacomo and Malenco. External and internal units are also present east of the Rhine in the Vorarlberg (Austria) and converge eastward in the Allgäu (Germany) at the eastern end of the Helvetic domain.