Glarner Decke (s.s.)

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
Rank
nappe
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Glarner Decke (s.s.)
Français
Nappe de Glaris (s.s.)
Italiano
Falda di Glarona (s.s.)
English
Glarner nappe (s.s.)
Origin of the Name

Glarner Alpen (GL)

Historical Variants

Glarnerdecke (Brunnschweiler 1959), Glarner-Decke (Lienert et al. 2003), Glarner Decke (Hantke et al. 2019)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

Age at top
  • Palaeogene
Age at base
  • Middle Jurassic

Geography

Geographical extent
Schilt.

Palaenography and tectonic

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

  • Gufelstock-Scholle

    Name Origin

    Gufelstock (GL)

    Rank
    tectonic unit
    Status
    local name (informal)
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  • Salengrat-Schuppe

    Name Origin

    Salengrat (GL)

    Rank
    tectonic slice
    Status
    local name (informal)
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  • Bodenrus-Schuppe

    Name Origin

    Bodenrus (GL), oberhalb Hätzingen

    Rank
    tectonic slice
    Status
    local name (informal)
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  • Chüetal-Schuppe

    Name Origin

    Chüetal = Chüetel (GL)

    Rank
    tectonic slice
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short

    Grösste Schuppe der Glarner Decke s.s.

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  • Schafläger-Schuppen

    Name Origin

    Schafläger

    Rank
    tectonic slice
    Status
    local name (informal)
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  • Schilt-Scholle

    Rank
    nappe
    Status
    obsolete term (disused)
    Valid term
    Glarus-Decke (s.s.)
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  • Geissbach-Schuppen

    Name Origin

    Geissbach (GL)

    Rank
    chronostratigraphic Subperiod
    Status
    local name (informal)
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  • Saasberg-Schuppe

    Name Origin

    Vorderer Saasberg (GL)

    Rank
    tectonic slice
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short

    Schuppe der Glarner Decke s.s. (Malm bis Paläogen).

    Age
    Late Jurassic
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  • Nidfurn-Serie

    Name Origin

    Nidfurn (GL)

    Rank
    tectonically bounded lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    obsolete term (disused)
    In short

    Sedimentabfolge der Glarner Decke s.s.

    Age
    Middle Jurassic
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