Einsiedeln-Schuppenzone
Back to Habkern Mélange ZoneRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
- Rank
- tectonic slice
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Einsiedeln-Schuppenzone
- Français
- Zone d'écailles d'Einsiedeln
- Italiano
- Zona di scaglie di Einsiedeln
- English
- Einsiedeln Imbricated Zone
- Origin of the Name
- Historical Variants
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Einsiedler Flysch (Kaufmann 1877, Leupold 1943), Einsiedeln-Flysch, Einsiedlerschichten (Arn. Heim 1908), Wildflyschdecke p.p. (Arn. Heim ----), Schuppenmasse des Einsiedler Flysches = alpine Randzone, inkl. Zone des Einsiedler Flysches s.s. (Jeannet et al. 1935), Einsiedler Schuppenzone (Frei 1963), Einsiedler Flyschserie, Einsiedler units = Einsiedler thrust slices (Lihou 1995), Einsiedeln zone of tectonic slices (Menkveld et al. 2016), Einsiedeln Imbricate Zones (Letsch & Kiefer 2017), Einsiedeln zone of tectonic slices, Imbricated Zone of Einsiedeln
Hierarchy and sequence
- Subordinate units
Age
- Age at base
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- Late Cretaceous
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Trittalp - Wasserspung - Chalch - Steinbach + Im Ruostel - Sattelchöpfli - Hirzegg
- Type area
- Sihlsee (SZ)
References
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Interne Einsiedeln-Schuppen
- Name Origin
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Unteriberg (SZ), südlich Einsiedeln
- Rank
- tectonic slice
- Status
- informal term
- In short
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The Internal Einsiedeln Slices overlie the Drusberg Nappe and underlie the Wägital Nappe in the region between Schwyz and Wägitalersee. They consist of slices of Late Cretaceous and Paleogene sediments of South Helvetic origin.
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Äussere Einsiedeln-Schuppenzone
- Name Origin
- Rank
- tectonic slice
- Status
- informal term
- In short
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The External Einsiedeln Slices are Lower Helvetic tectonic slices of the Subalpine Flysch Zone situated between the Vierwaldstättersee and the Walensee with a characteristic sequence of Cretaceous and Paleogene sediments.
- Age
- Late Cretaceous