Stockhorn-Decke

Representation and status

Color CMYK

N/A

Color RGB

R: 241 G: 239 B: 237

Rank

nappe

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Stockhorn-Decke

Français

Nappe du Stockhorn

Italiano

Falda dello Stockhorn

English

Stockhorn Nappe

Origin of the Name

Stockhorn (VS), SE Zermatt

Historical Variants

Stockhorn-Decke (Robyr 1998), unité du Stockhorn (Steck et al. 1999, Sartori et al. 2006), Stockhorn nappe = Stockhorn unit = Stockhorn basement (Steck et al. 2015), Stockhorn-Einheit, Stockhorn Nappe (TK500, Gouffon et al. 2024)

Description

Description

Metagrauwacke, Glimmerschiefer und Metabasite.

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Stockhorn

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.66: The Stockhorn Nappe is a small unit located on top of the Monte Rosa Nappe and separated from the Zermatt - Saas Fee Nappe by the thin Gornergrat Nappe (§ 6.2.3.3). It is lithologically similar to the Portjengrat Nappe and can thus be correlated
with it.