Faglia del Pogallo

Representation and status

Color CMYK

N/A

Color RGB

R: 250 G: 50 B: 50

Rank

fault zone

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Pogallo-Störung

Français

Faille du Pogallo

Italiano

Faglia del Pogallo

English

Pogallo Fault

Historical Variants

Pogallo-Lago d'Orta (Boriani et al. 1990), linea del Pogallo (Dal Piaz et al. 1992a), Pogallo Fault (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• South Alpine

Kind of protolith

• tectonic

References

Definition

Gouffon Yves (Editor) (2024) : Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern

p.106: During Mesozoic rifting, low-angle detachment along the Pogallo Fault separated the lower crustal Ivrea rocks from the middle–upper crustal Strona-Ceneri basement (Handy 1987).