Stelli-Schuppe

Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
Rank
tectonic slice
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Stelli-Schuppe
English
Stelli Slice
Historical Variants

Stelli-Schuppe (Bl. Vättis), Stelli Slice (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

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Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof
Units at floor

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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.34: At the northeastern end of the Aar Massif, the crystalline basement dips to the NE below its sedimentary cover; it reappears as a small occurrence in the Vättis Window about 30 km further northeast. In this region, a late out-of-sequence thrusting involves the basement and cover of the Aar Massif as well as the overlying Blattengrat and Sardona nappes. The displacement along each of these thrust faults is approximately 1– 2 km (Fig. 5). These thrusts define post-nappe units; from bottom to top: the Kaminspitz, Stelli, Marchegghorn, Orglen, Calanda, Mirutta and Tschep slices (see Pfiffner 1978 for a review).

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