Serie vulcano-detritica di Biella

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Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 237 G: 241 B: 239
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Vulkanodetritische Serie von Biella
Français
Série volcano-détritique de Biella
Italiano
Serie vulcano-detritica di Biella
English
Biella volcanic-detritic series
Origin of the Name

Biella (Italia)

Historical Variants

volcanites permiennes du Biellese-Val Sesia (Elter et al. 1966), andesitic and lamprophyric dykes of the Sesia-Lanzo zone (Lanza 1977), andesitic cover of the Sesia-Lanzo Zone (Lanza 1979), volcanic-detrital sequence of Biella (Compagnoni et al. 1977), Cover Series of the Sesia Zone (Callegari et al. 2004), Biella Volcanic Suite (Kapferer et al. 2012)

Age

Age at top
  • Oligocene
Age at base
  • Oligocene

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • volcanic

References

Definition
Kapferer Notburga, Mercolli Ivan, Berger Alfons, Ovtcharova Maria, Fügenschuh Bernhard (2012) : Dating emplacement and evolution of the orogenic magmatism in the internal Western Alps: 2. The Biella Volcanic Suite. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 105, 67-84

Novarese 1929, Dal Piaz et al. 1972)
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