Rhone-Simplon-Störung

Representation and status

Index
RSL
Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 250 G: 50 B: 50
Rank
tectonic
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Rhone-Simplon-Störung
Français
faille du Rhône-Simplon
Italiano
faglia Rhône-Simplon
English
Rhône-Simplon fault
Origin of the Name

Simplonpass (VS)

Historical Variants

Simplon-Centovalli (Bearth 1954, 1956 und 1974), Simplon line (Pfeifer et al. 1991, Carrupt 2003), ligne Rhône-Simplon (Gouffon 1993), Simplon Fault Zone (Grasemann & Mancktelow 1993), Simplon ductile shear zone = Rhone-Simplon line (Steck 2008), Simplon normal fault, Rhône-Simplon-Linie, Rhône-Simplon fault = Rhone-Simplon-Störung = faille du Rhône-Simplon (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024), faglia del Rodano–Sempione

Description

Description

ductile dextral shear zone (transpression since 32 Ma)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Upper boundary

Mittelpenninikum (Grand-St-Bernard-Deckenkomplex)

Lower boundary

Unterpenninikum (Monte-Leone-Decke)

Age

Age at top
  • Neogene
Age at base
  • Oligocene
Dating Method

Ab ca. 32 Ma

  • Accident du Rhône

    Rank
    tectonic
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short
    Essaim de décrochements dextres subverticaux suivant la vallée du Rhône entre Viège et Martigny.
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  • accident du Simplon

    Name Origin

    Col du Simplon = Sempione (VS)

    Rank
    tectonic
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short

    Important accident tectonique situé de part et d'autre du col du Simplon.

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  • faglia delle Centovalli

    Name Origin

    Centovalli (TI)

    Rank
    tectonic
    Status
    valid
    In short

    Miocene dextral strike-slip fault formed under epi- to anchizonal conditions.

    Age
    Miozän
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