Nappe du Mont Mary

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Representation and status

Index
MM
Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
Rank
nappe
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Mont-Mary-Decke
Français
Nappe du Mont Mary
Italiano
Falda del Mont Mary
English
Mont Mary Nappe
Origin of the Name

Mont Mary (Italia)

Historical Variants

Gneissgruppe des Mont Mari (Gerlach 1869), synclinal du mont Mary (Argand 1906a), Ricoprimento M.te Mary (Diehl et al. ----), Mont Mary nappe (Canepa et al. 1990), lembo Austroalpino settentrionale del M. Mary (Dal Piaz et al. 1992a), unit / Klippe, Mont Mary-Cervino nappe (Manzotti & Ballèvre 2017)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • tectonic
Metamorphic facies
  • greenschist facies (epizone)
  • blueschist facies

References

Definition
Gerlach Heinrich (1869) : Die penninischen Alpen, Beiträge zur Geologie der Schweiz. Neue Denkschriften allg. Ges. ges. Natf. 23
Important Publications
Canepa Maurizio, Castelletto Mauro, Cesare Bernardo, Martin Silvana, Zaggia Luca (1990) : The Austroalpine Mont Mary nappe (Italian Western Alps). Memorie di Scienze Geologiche 42, 1-17

  • klippe du Pillonet

    Name Origin

    Col Pillonet (Italia)

    Rank
    klippe
    Status
    valid
    In short

    (Austroalpin/Salassique septentrional) ... avec lambeaux de couverture mészoïque d'affinité briançonnaise

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