zona di Pertusio

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 200 G: 225 B: 250
Rank
tectonic zone
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Pertusio-Zone
Français
zone de Pertusio
Italiano
zona di Pertusio
English
Pertusio zone
Origin of the Name

Valle di Pertüs = Val di Pertusio (TI)

Historical Variants

Pertusio-Zug (Preiswerk 1912), Pertusio zone (Steck et al. 2013)

Description

Description

Quarzite mit Marmorlagen und -schmitzen

Hierarchy and sequence

Upper boundary

Simano-Decke

Lower boundary

Maggia-Decke

Age

Age at top
  • Mesozoic
Age at base
  • Mesozoic
Dating Method

ehem. Trias?, eher Mittlerer und Oberer Jura ?

Geography

Geographical extent
Monte Zucchera - Peccia.

References

Definition
Steck Albrecht, Della Torre F., Keller Franz, Pfeifer Hans-Rudolf, Hunziker Johannes, Masson Henri (2013) : Tectonics of the Lepontine Alps : ductile thrusting and folding in the deepest tetonic levels of the Central Alps. Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 106/3, 427-450

p.435: The Pertusio zone is a strongly deformed zone, mainly composed of some metres thick horizon of white quartzite of uncertain probably Triassic age with numerous up to some centimetres thick bands of calcite marble of a possible Upper Jurassic age that marks the limit between the Maggia and Simano nappes between Monte Zucchero to the south and Peccia to the north (Fig. 2; Keller et al. 1980).
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