Wissenwand-Schuppe
Back to Drusberg NappeRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
- Rank
- tectonic slice
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- local name (informal)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Wissenwand-Schuppe
- Français
- Écaille de la Wissenwand
- Italiano
- Scaglia della Wissenwand
- English
- Wissenwand Slice
- Origin of the Name
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Wissenwand (SZ), südlich Muotathal
- Historical Variants
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Schächentaler Windgällen- und Wissenwand-Schuppen (Hantke et al. 2013, Bl. Muotathal), Wissenwand Slice (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)
Description
- Description
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Malm-Schuppe zwischen Axen- und Drusberg-Decke.
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Muotatal.
References
- Definition
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(2024) :
Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern
p.40: [...] Three slices of Late Jurassic limestone (Quinten Formation) are present at [the base of the Drusberg Nappe]; one is located in the Muotatal and underlies the Palfris Formation (Wissenwand Slice, Hantke et al. 2013), the other two crop out between the Engelberg Valley and the Vierwaldstättersee, intercalated into the Palfris Formation (Maisander Slices, Menkveld 1995); the latter are considered part of the Axen Nappe.