Granodiorite della Val Màsino

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,100%,82%,12%)
Color RGB
R: 225 G: 0 B: 40
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Val-Màsino-Granodiorit
Français
Granodiorite du Val Màsino
Italiano
Granodiorite della Val Màsino
English
Val Màsino Granodiorite
Origin of the Name

Val Masino (Italia)

Historical Variants
gneiss porfiroide della Valle del Masino (Melzi 1893 S.110, Wenk 1956), Serizzo der Val Masino (Wenk 1982), Granodiorite della Val Màsino (Sciesa 1991)
Nomenclatorial Remarks
ghiandone auct., Bergellergranit, Disgraziagranit [sic]

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Synonyms
Granodiorite della Bregaglia (ghiandone)

Age

Age at top
  • early Oligocene
Age at base
  • early Oligocene
Dating Method
--- (von Blanckenburg 1992), 30.15 ± 0.21 Ma (U/Pb - Allanit, Thorit, Titanit, Th/Pb - Allnit; Hansmann 1996)

Palaenography and tectonic

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