Gastern-Massiv

Representation and status

Color CMYK

N/A

Color RGB

R: 241 G: 237 B: 239

Rank

mountainous massif

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

valid

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Gastern-Massiv

Français

Massif de Gastern

Italiano

Massiccio di Gastern

English

Gastern Massif

Origin of the Name

Gasterntal (BE)

Historical Variants

Gastern-Teilmassiv, massif du Gastern, Gastern-Erstfelder Teilmassiv = Gastern-Kuppel = Gasternmassiv (Büchi & Trümpy 1976), dôme de Gastern (Escher et al. 1987), Gastern Submassif (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Gastern

Kind of protolith

• tectonic

References

Definition

Gouffon Yves (Editor) (2024) : Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern

p.33: North of the Lötschental, the External Aar Massif overthrusts the Gastern Submassif. The contact is marked by a thin band of Triassic and Jurassic sediments (the “Jungfrau Wedge”), which includes overturned sediments of the External Aar Massif.