Finestre di Lanzada

Representation and status

Color CMYK

N/A

Color RGB

R: 236 G: 232 B: 236

Rank

window

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Lanzada-Fenster

Français

Fenêtres de Lanzada

Italiano

Finestre di Lanzada

English

Lanzada Windows

Origin of the Name

Lanzada (Valmalenco, Italia)

Historical Variants

Fenster von Lanzada (Spillmann 1993), Lanzada Windows (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

Geography

Geographical extent

Val Malenco.

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography

Briançonnais Terrane :

microcontinent briançonnais

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Suretta
• Avers

References

Definition

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

p.75: Two small windows (Lanzada Windows), dominated by sedimentary rocks typical for the Suretta Nappe, are located in the Val Malenco and surrounded by the Malenco-Forno-Lizun Nappe (Montrasio 1984, Montrasio et al. 2005). These windows also expose some small occurrences of metagabbro and ultramafics that are correlated with the Avers Nappe.