Falda del Monte Rosa

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Representation and status

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

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Monte-Rosa-Decke
Français
Nappe du Mont Rose
Italiano
Falda del Monte Rosa
English
Monte Rosa Nappe
Origin of the Name

Monte Rosa (VS)

Historical Variants

pli-nappe du Mont Rose = nappe V (Argand 1911b), Gneisdecke des Monte Rosa = Monte Rosadecke = Gneismassiv des Monte Rosa (Eichenberger 1926), massif du Mont Rose (Huang 1935), Ricorpimento M. Rosa-Arceza-G. Paradiso-Ambin (Hermann 1937), Monte Rosa-Zone = Wurzelzone der Mischabel-Decke = Locarno-Zone (Blumenthal 1952), Monte Rosa-Teildecke (Bearth 1952), Serie Mte Rosa-Arceza (Bearth), falda del Monte Rosa (Dal Piaz et al. 1992a), Monte Rosa basement fold nappe = Monte Rosa unit (Steck et al. 2015), Monte Rosa unit (Ellis et al. 2016), Mont Rose nappe

Description

Description

Recumbent gneiss fold nappe of the Penninic zone of the Central Alps witnessing high-pressure regional metamorphism followed by Barrovian metarmophism.

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof
Units at floor

Geography

Geographical extent
inkl. Dufourspitze (4634 m)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • tectonic
Metamorphism
polycyclic
Metamorphic facies
  • greenschist facies (epizone)
  • amphibolite facies
  • migmatitisation
  • eclogite facies

References

Definition
Argand Emile (1911) : Les nappes de recouvrement des Alpes Pennines et leurs prolongements structuraux. Mat. Carte géol. Suisse (N.F.) 31/1, 30 pages
Definition
Steck Albrecht, Masson Henri, Robyr Martin (2015) : Tectonics of the Monte Rosa and surrounding nappes (Switzerland and Italy): Tertiary phases of subduction, thrusting and folding in the Pennine Alps. Swiss J. Geosc. 108/1, 3-34
Important Publications
Dal Piaz Giorgio Vittorio (2001) : Geology of the Monte Rosa massif : historical review and personal comments. Schweiz. Min. Petr. Mitt. 81/3, 275-303
Froitzheim Nikolaus (2001) : Origin of the Monte Rosa nappe in the Pennine Alps — a new working hypothesis. GSA Bulletin 113/5, 604-614
Kramer Julia (2002) : Structural evolution of the Penninic units in the Monte Rosa region (Swiss and Italian Alps). Diss. Universität Basel
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