Diavolezza-Metarhyolith
Back to Bernina Nappe ComplexRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- obsolete term (disused)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Diavolezza-Metarhyolith
- Français
- Métarhyolite de la Diavolezza
- Italiano
- Metariolite della Diavolezza
- English
- Diavolezza Metarhyolite
- Origin of the Name
- Historical Variants
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--- (Staub 1916), Quarzporphyr der Diavolezza-Serie (Staub 1946), alkalisches Ergussgestein an der Diavolezza = Diavolezza-Quarzporphyr (Alb. Heim 1922 S.707), Diavolezzaporphyr (Rutsch et al. 1966), Alkalifeldspat-Rhyolithe = Diavolezza-Porphyr, Quarzporphyre der Diavolezza = Diavolezza quartz-porphyry (Rageth 1984), rhyolithische Extrusiva = Rhyolite der Diavolezza = Diavolezza-Rhyolite = Diavolezza-Rhyolit (Büchi 1994)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Subordinate units
Age
- Age at top
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- Early Permian
- Age at base
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- Early Permian
- Dating Method
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288 +/-7 Ma (von Quadt et al. 1994)
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Zwischen Piz d'Arlas und Munt Pers: Diavolezza, Sass Queder, Piz Trovat.
References
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Piz-Trovat-Metarhyolith
- Name Origin
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Formation
- Status
- local name (informal)
- In short
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Postvariszischer massiger, wenig strukturierter Metarhyolith.
- Age
- Sakmarian
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Sass-Queder-Metarhyolith
- Name Origin
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Sass Queder (GR), Pontresina
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Formation
- Status
- informal term
- In short
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Postvariszischer geschichteter, laminierter Metarhyolith der Bernina-Decke.