Faglia del Tonale

Representation and status

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

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Tonale-Störung
Français
Faille du Tonale
Italiano
Faglia del Tonale
English
Tonale Fault
Origin of the Name

Passo del Tonale (Italia)

Historical Variants

faille du Tonale (Henny 1918), accident du Tonale, Jorio-Tonale, Iorio-Tonale-Linie = Insubriche Linie (Knoblauch & Reinhard 1939), Tonale-Linie = Tonale-Störung (Büchi & Trümpy 1976), Tonale-Centovalli (Boriani et al. 1990), Faglia del Tonale (Scesia 1991), Steilzone nördlich des Veltins ~ Tonale Linie (Spillmann 1993), Tonale Fault = Tonale-Störung = Faille du Tonale (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

Description

Description

Etroite zone broyée et rectiligne marquant un accident séparant les Alpes proprement dites des Alpes méridionales.

Geography

Geographical extent
Valtellina/Veltin.

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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.84: The Tonale Fault, part of the Periadriatic Fault System, separates the Austroalpine units in the north from the South Alpine units in the south.

p.99: 

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