Falda del Monte Leone

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Representation and status

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

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Monte-Leone-Decke
Français
Nappe du Monte Leone
Italiano
Falda del Monte Leone
English
Monte Leone Nappe
Origin of the Name

Monte Leone (VS)/(Italia)

Historical Variants

nappe III = Monte Leone (Argand 1911), Monte Leonedecke (Bosshard 1925), Monte Leone-Ofenhornteildecke (Grütter 1929), Monte-Leone-Decke = Decke III (Bader 1934), M. Leone-Gneissmasse = Monte Leone-Zone (Wieland 1966), falda del Monte Leone (Dal Piaz et al. 1992a), nappe du Monte Leone (Jeanbourquin & Burri 1989, Carrupt & Schlup 1998), nappe n°3 = Monte Leone nappe (Carrupt 2003), Monte Leone nappe (Steck et al. 2013), Falda di ricoprimento del Monte Leone (Della Torre & Maggini 2015), Monte Leone Nappe (Berger et al. 2017)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

Age at top
  • Palaeogene
Note about top

sicher bis Jura, ev. noch bis Paläogen

Age at base
  • Paleozoic

Geography

Geographical extent
Lepontinische Alpen: Simplon-Tessin-Dom bis südöstlich von Visp (Gantertal) [kommt auf den GA25-Blättern 034_Basodino, 061_Simplon, 093_Brig, 145_Bosco/Gurin, 153_Raron, sowie XXX_Binntal und XXX_Helsenhorn vor].
Type locality
  • Monte Leone (VS/Italia)
    Site particularities
    • historische Fundstelle
    Site accessibility
    • Grat
    Coordinates
    • (2651790 / 1122225)

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
Valaisan Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

References

Important Publications
Bearth (1939)

  • «unità del Moncucco»

    Name Origin

    Moncucco (Italia)

    Rank
    tectonic unit
    Status
    obsolete term (disused)
    Valid term
    Ruginenta-Decke Monte-Leone-Decke
    In short

    Steck (2008) divides the Moncucco unit of Bearth (1957a) into a lower element to be correlated with the Monte Leone nappe of the Lepontine Alps and an upper Ruginenta nappe.

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    • Marmo dell'Alpe Pradurino

      Name Origin

      Alpe Pradurino (Italia), Valle d'Antrona

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      local name (informal)
      In short

      Kieseliger Marmor der Moncucco-Einheit (am Kontakt mit Paragneise und Peridotite der hangende Ruginenta-Decke).

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    • Ortogneiss del Moncucco

      Name Origin

      Moncucco (Italia)

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      local name (informal)
      In short

      Granite porphyrique à deux micas affleurant dans le cœur du pli de Vanzone (unité du Moncucco = prolongation méridionale de la nappe du Monte Leone).

      Age
      Cisuralian (= Early Permian)
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