Vulcaniti Periadriatiche (lungo la linea Insubrica)

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(10%,0%,40%,22%)

Color RGB

R: 180 G: 200 B: 120

Rank

lithostratigraphic Group

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Periadriatische Vulkanite

Français

Roches volcaniques périadriatiques (le long de la ligne insubrienne)

Italiano

Vulcaniti Periadriatiche (lungo la linea Insubrica)

English

Periadriatic volcanic rocks

Historical Variants

Porfiriti e Melafiri del Canavese (Gastaldi 1871, Gastaldi 1874), Tertiary volcanoclastic sedimentary cover of the Sesia Zone = tuffites of the Tertiary sedimentary cover of the Sesia Zone = Tertiary tuffites (Zingg et al. 1976), Periadriatic Magmatic Province (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

Components

• plants : Plantae

Age

Age at top

• Palaeogene

Age at base

• Palaeogene

Dating Method

Ca. 40 - 25 Ma ; 32-29 Ma (Hunziker 1974, Scheuring et al. 1974)

Palaenography and tectonic

• Tertiary

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Periadria

Kind of protolith

• volcanic

Metamorphism

monocyclic

Metamorphic facies

• contact metamorphism

Note on metamorphism

métamorphisme de contact local à la limite diagenèse-anchizone: meta-anthracite à semi-graphite (Stadler et al. 1976)

References

Definition

Gastaldi B. (1871) : Studi geologici sulle Alpi Occidentali - Parte I. Memorie del Regio Comitato Geologico Italiano 1, 1-47