• Zona di Orselina-Bellinzona

    Rank
    tectonic zone
    Status
    valid
    In short

    The Orselina-Bellinzona Zone is continuous between the Valle d’Ossola and Bellinzona. It is located between the Antigorio Nappe and the Centovalli Fault west of Locarno and between the Mergoscia Zone and the Tonale Fault further east. It is lithologically similar to the Isorno Zone and also underwent an Oligocene amphibolite facies metamorphism.

  • Palasio-Pedevilla-Gneis

    Origin of the Name

    Ehemalige Steinbrüche in die Quartiere Palasio und Pedevilla (TI), Bellinzona

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    In short

    Lagige, mittelkörnige Zweiglimmergneise.

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