White Member

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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

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’’).
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