• Zona Ivrea-Verbano

    Origin of the Name

    Ivrea (Italia) e Verbano = Lago Maggiore

    Rank
    tectonic zone
    Status
    valid
    Age
    Paleozoic
    In short

    The Ivrea Zone is an ante-alpine, thick-skinned tectonic unit of the western South Alpine domain, made up of high-grade polymetamorphic gneisses ("kinzigite"), a mafic to ultramafic complex, as well as subordinated pegmatites and marbles.

    Nomenclatorial Remarks

    non: Verbania (= zona di Strona-Ceneri)

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  • Corpo mafico d'Ivrea

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    Age
    Permian
    In short

    Corpo intrusivo basico (metagabbri e metadioriti) permiano della Zona di Ivrea-Verbano.

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    • «Diorite del tetto / Diorite meridionale»

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      incorrect name (though informally used)
      In short

      Diorite a grana fine della parte meridionale della Zone d'Ivrea-Verbano.

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    • Gabbro principale

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      incorrect name (though informally used)
      Age
      Permian
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    • Complesso femico-ultrafemico stratificato

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      incorrect name (though informally used)
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  • Peridotite di Balmuccia

    Origin of the Name

    Balmuccia (Italia), Val Sesia

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    informal term
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  • Metaperidotite di Finero

    Origin of the Name

    Finero (Italia), Valle Cannobina

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Metaperidotit der als Antiform-Struktur in der Ivrea-Verbano-Zone auftritt.

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  • (Prima) Zona Diorito-Kinzigitica

    Rank
    petrography
    Superordinate unit
    Status
    informal term
    Age
    Proterozoic - Paleozoic
    In short

    Polyzyklische hochmetamorphe Hornblende-Gneise der Ivrea-Verbano-Zone.

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    • Gneiss del Pizzo Leone

      Name Origin

      Pizzo Leone (TI)

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic Formation
      Status
      informal term
      In short

      Gneis des nördlichen Teils der Ivrea-Zone (retrograd überprägter Kinzigit/Stronalit, Chloritfazies).

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    • Marmo di Candoglia

      Name Origin

      Candoglia (Italia), Valle d'Ossola ; cf. wikipedia

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      local name (informal)
      In short

      Marmo calcitico rosa del complesso kinzigitico della Zona Ivrea-Verbano.

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