Ticino Culmination

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Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
Rank
tectonic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Ticino-Dom
Français
Culimation du Tessin
Italiano
Culminazione del Ticino
English
Ticino Culmination
Origin of the Name

Ticino = Tessin (TI) river (Valle Leventina)

Historical Variants

Tessinerkulmination (Bosshard 1925), Tessiner Kulmination (Bossard 1929a/b, Kündig 1926a), culminazione assiale ticinese (Godenzi 1963), Leventina-Kulmination (Gansser & Dal Vesco 1964), Ticino-Leventina-Dom, Leventina antiform, Ticino culmination, culminazione assiale dell'Ossola-Ticino (Dal Piaz et al. 1992), Leventina dome (Kuhn 2004), culminazione del Ticino (Della Torre & Maggini 2015)

Geography

Geographical extent
Alpi Lepontine orientali: Valle Leventina, Val Calanca, Valle Mesolcina.
Type area
Valle Leventina (TI)

Palaenography and tectonic

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

Material and varia

Images
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