Disentis-Zone

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
tectonically bounded lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
obsolete term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Disentis-Zone
Français
Zone de Disentis
Italiano
Zona di Disentis
English
Disentis zone
Origin of the Name

Disentis = Mustér (GR)

Historical Variants

Disentiser Mulde (Niggli 1944), Disentiser Zone (Wyss 1986), Disentis Zone (von Raumer et al. 1993a), Disentis-Mulde

Age

Age at top
  • Mesozoic
Age at base
  • Carboniferous

Geography

Type area
Surselva (GR)

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
European Continent
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

References

Definition
Niggli E. (1944) : Das westliche Tavetscher Zwischenmassiv und der angrenzende Nordrand des Gotthardmassivs. Schweiz. mineral. petrogr. Mitt. 14 /1– 2, 58 –301
Definition
Berger Alfons, Mercolli Ivan, Herwegh Marco, Gnos Edwin (2017) : Geological Map of the Aar Massif, Tavetsch and Gotthard Nappes. Geological Special Map 1:100'000, Explanatory Notes 129

p.59: Highly deformed rocks of the polycyclic metamorphic basement (mylonites and cataclasites) dominate the western segment of the Clavaniev Zone, while in the region of Disentis and between Sumvitg and Trun also Mesozoic metasedimentary rocks are entrained in this deformation zone. This explains why this portion of the Clavaniev Zone was called “Disentiser Mulde” (NIGGLI 1944).

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