Zona Ivrea-Verbano
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- Index
- IV
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
- Rank
- tectonic zone
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Ivrea-Verbano-Zone
- Français
- Zone d'Ivrea-Verbano
- Italiano
- Zona Ivrea-Verbano
- English
- Ivrea-Verbano Zone
- Origin of the Name
- Historical Variants
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Zona Dioritico-Kinzigitica Ivrea-Verbano (Franchi 1905), Zone von Ivrea (Schmidt & Preiswerk 1908, Walter 1950, Kobe 1956), série cristallophyllienne d'Ivrée (Giraud 1968), Ivrea-Verbano zone = Zona dioritico-kinzigitica Ivrea-Verbano (Dal Piaz et al. 1973), zone d'Ivrée (Debelmas 1976), Zona Ivrea-Verbano (Dal Piaz et al. 1992a), Ivrea Zone (Berger & Mercolli 2007), Ivrea-Zone, Ivreazone, Ivrea-Verbano zone = Ivrea-Verbano-Zone = zone d'Ivrea-Verbano (TK500)
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
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non: Verbania (= zona di Strona-Ceneri)
Description
- Description
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"Vorwiegend basische Gesteine (meist Hornblende-Plagioklasgesteine) mit Einlagerung von Granatbiotitgneisen, Biotitgneisen, Alumosilikatfelsen, Kalksilikatfelsen oder -Marmoren und Pegmatiten." (Walter 1950 S.5) ; Metagabbros und Metadiorite ("Mafic Complex")
Age
- Age at top
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- Paleozoic
- Age at base
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- Paleozoic
Palaenography and tectonic
- Paleogeography
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Adriatic passive continental margin
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southern continental margin / platform - Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- tectonic
- Metamorphism
- polycyclic
- Metamorphic facies
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- amphibolite facies
- granulite facies
- Note on facies
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Caledonian (granulite - amphibolte) ; Variscan ; Alpine
- Note on metamorphism
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métamorphisme granulitique à amphibolitique anté-alpin (Zingg 1983)