Err-Metagranodiorit

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,42%,51%,12%)
Color RGB
R: 225 G: 130 B: 110
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Err-Metagranodiorit
Français
Métagranodiorite (du Piz) d'Err
Italiano
Metagranodiorite (del Piz) d'Err
English
Err Metagranodiorite
Origin of the Name

Piz d'Err (GR)

Historical Variants

Errgranit der Crasta mora-Seja-Antiklinale = Granit und Tonalit der Crasta mora (Eggenberger 1925), Err-Granit (Staub 1946), Errgranit (Stöcklin 1949)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

Age

Age at top
  • Permian
Age at base
  • Late Carboniferous (= Pennsylvanian)

Geography

Type area
Errgebirgsgruppe (GR)

Palaenography and tectonic

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

Material and varia

Applications
Leitgestein des Rheingletscher-Systems.
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