Piz-Nair-Serpentinit
Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- (5%,0%,41%,27%)
- Color RGB
- R: 175 G: 185 B: 110
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Piz-Nair-Serpentinit
- Français
- Serpentinite du Piz Nair
- Italiano
- Serpentinite del Piz Nair
- English
- Piz Nair Serpentinite
- Origin of the Name
-
Piz Nair (GR), oberhalb Champatsch
- Historical Variants
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serpentine du Nordriff (Vuagnat 1965), Ophiolithe des Piz Nair = Zone von Champatsch = Randzone (Cadisch et al. 1968), Piz Nair serpentinite (Florineth & Froitzheim 1994), Serpentinit vom Piz Nair (Gruber et al. 2010)
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
-
cf. Vuichard 1984
Components
Mineral Content
- clinopyroxene
- chrysotile
- spinel
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Unterengadiner Fenster.
Palaenography and tectonic
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Conditions of formation
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Subkontinentaler Mantelperidotit, exhumiert durch tektonische Denudation (Florineth & Froitzheim 1994)
- Metamorphism
- monocyclic
- Metamorphic facies
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- greenschist facies (epizone)
References
- Definition
-
(1984) :
The ophiolitic suite of the Alp Champatsch (Lower Engadine window, Switzerland): the metamorphic and tectonic evolution of a small oceanic basin in the Penninic realm? Ofioliti 9/3, 619-632
p.619: A serpentinised peridotite originating from lherzolitic mantle material forms the main component of the ophiolie complex [of the Alps Champatsch].