faglia del Canavese (s.s. = esterna)

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Representation and status

Index
CN
Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 250 G: 50 B: 50
Rank
tectonic
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Canavese-Störung
Français
faille du Canavese
Italiano
faglia del Canavese (s.s. = esterna)
English
Canavese fault
Origin of the Name

Canavese (Italia)

Historical Variants

--- (Novarese 1929), South Canavese Line (Boriani & Sacchi 1974), Ligne du Canavese (Steck & Tièche 1976), External Canavese Line = ECL (Biino & Compagnoni 1989), linea del Canavese (Dal Piaz et al. 1992a), External Canavese Line = ligne Externe du Canavèse (Borghi et al. 1996), external Canavese line = ECL = Canavese line s.s. (Ferrando et al. 2004), Canavese fault = Canavese-Störung = faille du Canavese (TK500)

Hierarchy and sequence

Upper boundary

falda di Sesia

Lower boundary

zona del Canavese

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • tectonic
Metamorphism
monocyclic
Metamorphic facies
  • Prehnite-Pumpellyite facies (anchizone)

References

Definition
Novarese V. (1929) : La Zona del Canavese e le formazioni adiacenti. Mem. Carta Geol. d'Italia 22, 149 pagine
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