Saluver-Formation

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(0%,21%,56%,16%)

Color RGB

R: 215 G: 170 B: 95

Rank

lithostratigraphic Formation

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

unknown status

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Saluver-Formation

Français

Formation du (Val) Saluver

Italiano

Formazione della (Val) Saluver

English

Saluver Formation

Origin of the Name

Piz Nair im oberen Val Saluver (GR)

Historical Variants

Saluver-Gesteine (Escher & Studer 1839), Saluver-Serie = Saluver-Schiefer + Saluver-Sandsteine + Saluver-Breccie (Cornelius 1914, Cornelius 1935), Saluverserie (Spitz 1917, Roesli 1945), Saluver-Formation (Finger 1978, Gruner 1979, Lüdin 1987), formation de Saluver (Trümpy 1976), Saluver Formation (Furrer et al. 1985, Manatschal & Nievergelt 1997)

Description

Description

Polymikte Brekzien mit vorwiegend kristallinen Komponenten.

Thickness

Bis zu 460 m (Furrer et al. 1985).

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

• Saluver-Gruppe

Subordinate units

• Oberes Member (Saluver-Fm.)
• Mittleres Member (Saluver-Fm.)
• Unteres Member (Saluver-Fm.)

Units at roof

• Blais-Formation

Age

Age at top

• Middle Jurassic

Age at base

• Middle Jurassic

Dating Method

Stratigraphische Position

Geography

Geographical extent

Piz Nair, Zone von Samedan.

Type locality

• Piz Nair (GR)
  Coordinates
  • (2780250 / 1153270)
  Note
  • Celerina/Schlarigna

Palaenography and tectonic

• Dogger des Ostalpins

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Austroalpine

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

Conditions of formation

Syn-rift sediments (Manatschal & Nievergelt 1997).

References

Definition

Finger Willy (1978) : Die Zone von Samaden (Unterostalpine Decken, Graubünden) und ihre jurassischen Brekzien. Mitt. geol. Inst. ETH und Univ. Zürich (N.F.) 224