Métaquartzdiorite des Bouquetins
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- Color CMYK
- (0%,38%,38%,22%)
- Color RGB
- R: 200 G: 125 B: 125
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Formation
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Bouquetins-Metaquarzdiorit
- Français
- Métaquartzdiorite des Bouquetins
- Italiano
- Metaquarzodioriti dei Bouquetins
- English
- Bouquetins Metaquarztdiorite
- Origin of the Name
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Les Bouquetins (VS), Haut Val d'Arolla
- Historical Variants
- anticlinal des Bouquetins (Argand 1906a), Metaquarzodioriti dei Bouquetins = Bouquetins metaquarztdiorites (Dal Piaz et al. 2015)
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Les Bouquetins, Pointe d'Arpitetta, Besso, Dent de Perroc, Dent Blanche.
References
- Definition
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(2015) :
Foglio 070 Monte Cervino. Note illustrative della carta geologica d'Italia alla scala 1:50.000, foglio 070, 431 p.
Metamorphic quartzdiorites with green hornblende, partly altered plagioclase and minor quartz, weak to pervasive foliation; schistose varieties consist of albite-chlorite-epidotes +/- actinolitic amphiboles, biotite and white mica, in places finely-zoned, sheared or mylonitic.