Val-Pigniu-Gneiskomplex
Back to Glarus nappe complexRepresentation and status
- Index
- G-Gl
- Color CMYK
- (0%,20%,30%,10%)
- Color RGB
- R: 230 G: 185 B: 160
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Formation
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Val-Pigniu-Gneiskomplex
- Français
- Complexe gneissique du Val Pigniu
- Italiano
- Complesso gneissico della Val Pigniu
- English
- Val Pigniu Gneiss Complex
- Origin of the Name
- Historical Variants
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---- (Trümpy 1947), Val Pigniu Gneiss Complex (Berger et al. 2017)
Age
- Age at top
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- Paleozoic
- Age at base
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- Precambrian
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Gebiet zwischen Brigel und Val Pigniu.
References
- Definition
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(2017) :
Geological Map of the Aar Massif, Tavetsch and Gotthard Nappes. Geological Special Map 1:100'000, Explanatory Notes 129
p.61: The Val Pigniu Gneiss Complex (GGl) includes a sliver of metasedimentary gneiss surrounded by Carboniferous–Permian clastic and volcanic rocks of the Glarus Verrucano Group outcropping in an area between Brigels and Val Pigniu. In some places, intrusions of small dioritic bodies within this gneiss complex are observed (WEBER 1924). Locally, stratigraphic contacts indicate that some occurrences of the metasedimentary gneiss could represent the crystalline basement of the Glarus Nappe Complex. In some other outcrops, a possible transition between pre-Variscan metasedimentary gneiss and Permian sedimentary and volcanic rocks is questionable. Due to the scarcity of outcrops in this area, the tectonic position of the Val Pigniu Gneiss Complex cannot completely be attested (see discussion on p. 105 ff.).