Jungfrau-Synklinal

Representation and status

Color CMYK

N/A

Color RGB

R: 250 G: 240 B: 240

Rank

tectonic

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Jungfrau-Synklinal

Français

Synclinal de la Jungfrau

Italiano

Sinclinale della Jungfrau

English

Jungfrau syncline

Historical Variants

Jungfrau-Keil, synclinal de la Jungfrau (Burkhard 1988), Jungfraukeil (Kellerhals & Isler 1998), Jungfrau syncline (Krayenbühl & Steck 2009), Jungfrau Wedge (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Aar

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.33: North of the Lötschental, the External Aar Massif overthrusts the Gastern Submassif. The contact is marked by a thin band of Triassic and Jurassic sediments (the “Jungfrau Wedge”), which includes overturned sediments of the External Aar Massif.

Important Publications

Krayenbuhl Thomas, Steck Albrecht (2009) : Structure and kinematics of the Jungfrau syncline, Faflertal (Valais, Alps), and its regional significance. Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 102/3, 441-456