White Member

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(0%,0%,0%,100%)

Rank

lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Weisses Member

English

White Member

Historical Variants

«white member» (Matasci et al. 2011)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Antigorio

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

Metamorphism

monocyclic

References

Definition

Matasci Battista, Epard Jean-Luc, Masson Henri (2011) : The Teggiolo zone: a key to the Helvetic–Penninic connection (stratigraphy and tectonics in the Val Bavona, Ticino, Central Alps). Swiss J. Geosci. 104, 257–283

p. 262: The upper part is a very pure limestone (98% calcite). It is massive, homogeneous and white (‘‘white member’’).