Série d'Evolène

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(20%,10%,0%,2%)
Color RGB
R: 200 G: 225 B: 250
Rank
lithostratigraphic Subgroup
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Evolène-Serie
Français
Série d'Evolène
Italiano
Serie di Evolène
English
Evolène Series
Origin of the Name

Evolène (VS), Val d'Hérens

Historical Variants

Evolène-Schuppe (Wegmann 1923), Schuppenzone von Evolena (Staub 1942b), série d'Evolène (Marthaler 1984, Escher et al. 1987, Allimann 1987, Sartori 1990), unité d'Evolène (Allimann 1989), Evolène series (Pantet et al. 2017)

Hierarchy and sequence

Age

Age at top
  • Carnian
Age at base
  • Early Triassic

Geography

Geographical extent
Structure anticlinale complexe entre Evolène et le flanc sud-ouest du Sasseneire (Plan du Bertol).
Type area
Val d'Hérens (VS)

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
Prepiemont Domain
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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