«Grüngesteinskomplex»
Back to Aiguilles RougesRepresentation and status
- Index
- MBU
- Color CMYK
- (0%,0%,0%,100%)
- Color RGB
- R: 80 G: 170 B: 120
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- incorrect name (though informally used)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- «Grüngesteinskomplex»
- Français
- «Greenstone Unit»
- Italiano
- «Greenstone Unit»
- English
- «Greenstone Unit»
- Historical Variants
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Grüngesteinskomplex (Dobmeier 1993), greenstone unit (Dobmeier 1996), Greenstone Unit (Dobmeier et al. 1999, Bussy et al. 2001, von Raumer & Bussy 2004)
Age
- Age at top
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- Early Paleozoic
- Age at base
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- Early Paleozoic
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Terminaison méridionale du massif des Aiguilles Rouges.
References
- Definition
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(1999) :
The newly defined "Greenstone Unit" of the Aiguilles-Rouges massif (western Alps) - remnant of an early Paleozoic oceanic island-arc? Schweiz. Min. Petr. Mitt. 79/2, 263-276
Another metavolcanic sequence defined as the “Greenstone Unit” (Dobmeier et al., 1999) in the southwestern part of the Aiguilles Rouges Massif consists of an association of basalt to andesite and basalt to rhyolite lava flows of continental tholeiitic and calcalkaline affinity, respectively. These rocks have been interpreted as additional remnants of the above-mentioned Ordovician active continental margin.