Granito di Mezzalama

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,59%,45%,14%)
Color RGB
R: 220 G: 90 B: 120
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Mezzalama-Granit
Français
Granite de Mezzalama
Italiano
Granito di Mezzalama
English
Mezzalama Granite
Origin of the Name

Rifugio Mezzalama (Italia), Val de Véraz (dedicato al alpinista italiano Ottorino Mezzalama, 1886-1930)

Historical Variants

Mezzalama granite (Steck et al. 2015), Monte-Rosa-Granit = Mezzalama-Granit (Bl. Saas)

Age

Age at top
  • Guadalupian (= Middle Permian)
Age at base
  • Cisuralian (= Early Permian)
Dating Method

270 +/-4 Ma (U/Pb zircon ; Pawlig & Baumgartner 2001)

Geography

Geographical extent
SW-Teil des Monte-Rosa-Massivs.

Palaenography and tectonic

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