Oberaar–Furka-Zone

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
Rank
tectonic zone
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Oberaar–Furka-Zone
Français
zone de l'Oberaar–Furka
Italiano
zona dell'Oberaar–Furka
English
Oberaar–Furka zone
Origin of the Name

Oberaargletscher und Furkapass (VS)/(UR)

Historical Variants

Gneis-Schiefer-Zwischenzone = GSZ (Stalder 1964), Furka-Zone, Oberaar-Furka Zone (Berger et al. 2017)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Geography

Point of interest
  • Fort Galen (VS)
    Site particularities
    • typische Fazies
    Site accessibility
    • Strassenanschnitt / Bahnanschnitt
    Coordinates
    • (2673000 / 1158900)
    Note
    • Labhart & Renner 2012 S.13
  • Hôtel Belvédère, Furkapass (VS)
    Site particularities
    • typische Fazies
    Coordinates
    • (2672640 / 1158810)
    Note
    • Niggli 1965a, Labhart & Renner 2012 S.13 Tab.1

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
European continental plate
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

Material and varia

Images
Oberaar-Zone.jpg

  • Bäregg-Gneiskomplex

    Name Origin

    Bäregg (BE), NE Oberaarsee

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Prävariszische polyzyklische Gneise (mylonitisch-granitisch, metasedimentär, metavulkanisch) der Oberaar-Furka-Zone.

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