Mélange Supra-Wildhorn
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- Color CMYK
- (0%,0%,0%,100%)
- Rank
- tectonic unit
- Validity
- Unit is not in Use
- Status
- unknown status
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Supra-Wildhorn-Melange
- Français
- Mélange Supra-Wildhorn
- Italiano
- Mélange Supra-Wildhorn
- English
- Supra-Wildhorn Mélange
- Historical Variants
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Ultra Helvétique-Wildhorn= UH-Wildhorn (Escher et al. 1987), mélanges supra-Wildhorn (Jeanbourquin 1991), Ultrahelvetique supra-Wildhorn
Hierarchy and sequence
- Subordinate units
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Zone des Cols entre Adelboden (BE) et Villars (VD) et dépression du Rawil entre le synclinal du Prabé (VS) et l'Ammertengrat.
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Niesen-Decke
- Name Origin
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Niesen (BE), siehe auch www.niesen.ch
- Rank
- nappe
- Status
- valid
- In short
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The Niesen Nappe is a Lower Penninic tectonic unit located at the rear of the Romandes Prealps, in front of the Helvetic nappes and on top of the Pillon Mélange Zone. It is composed of flysch deposits of Late Cretaceous to Paleocene age.
- Age
- Eocene
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Digitation supérieure (de la nappe du Niesen)
- Rank
- subnappe
- Status
- informal term
- In short
- Digitation supérieure de la nappe du Niesen comprenant la zone de Walleg et le Flysch de la Palette à l'ouest et la zone de Gschwend et le Flysch du Niesen s.s. à l'est.
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Gschwend-Schuppe
- Name Origin
- Rank
- tectonic slice
- Status
- informal term
- In short
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Schuppe der «Obere Niesen-Teildecke» östlich der Saane, mit dem Niesen-Flysch s.s. im Hangenden.
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Wallegg-Schuppe
- Name Origin
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Wallegg = Walig (BE) NW Gsteig (non: Wallegg bei Lenk)
- Rank
- tectonic slice
- Status
- informal term
- In short
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Schuppe der «Obere Niesen-Teildecke» westlich der Saane, mit dem Palette-Flysch im Hangenden.
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Flysch de la Palette
- Name Origin
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Status
- local name (informal)
- Valid term
- Frutigen-Formation
- In short
- Flysch gréso-schisteux de la digitation supérieure de la nappe du Niesen.
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Digitation inférieure (de la nappe du Niesen)
- Rank
- subnappe
- Status
- informal term
- In short
- Digitation inférieure de la nappe du Niesen comprenant la zone de Murgaz et le Flysch du Chaussy à l'ouest et la zone de Krinnen et le Flysch du Tauben à l'est.
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Krinnen-Schuppe
- Name Origin
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Krinnen = Chrine (BE), Pass zwischen Gsteig und Lauenen
- Rank
- tectonic slice
- Status
- informal term
- In short
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Schuppe der «Untere Niesen-Teildecke» östlich der Saane, mit dem Tauben-Flysch im Hangenden.
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«Tauben-Flysch»
- Name Origin
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Dauben = Tauben = Tube (BE), Saanen
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Status
- local name (informal)
- Valid term
- Frutigen-Formation
- In short
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Il s'agit probablement de flysch de type «Flysch du Niesen» dans le Mélange Infra-Niesen.
- Age
- Kreide
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Écaille de Murgaz
- Name Origin
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Rocher (de) Murgaz (VD), NW Vers-l'Eglise, vallée des Ormonts
- Rank
- tectonic slice
- Status
- informal term
- In short
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Ecaille de la digitation inférieure de la nappe du Niesen à l'ouest de la Sarine, surmontée par le Flysch du «Chaussy». Elle est composée de Trias, de Rhétien et de Lias inférieur.
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«Flysch du Chaussy»
- Name Origin
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Status
- local name (informal)
- Valid term
- Niesen-Flysch
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- <p>Flysch inférieur du Niesen (Lugeon & Andrau 1927)</p>
- In short
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Flysch de la digitation inférieure de la nappe du Niesen.
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Calcaire de Murgaz
- Name Origin
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Rocher de Murgaz (VD), Vers-l'Eglise (VD)
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Formation
- Status
- informal term
- In short
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Alternance de calcaire silico-spathique bleu sombre, à entroques et gravillons dolomitiques, et de schistes de l'écaille de Murgaz (Infra-Niesen).
- Age
- Sinemurian
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Mélange Infra-Niesen
- Rank
- tectonically bounded lithostratigraphic unit
- Status
- informal term
- Valid term
- Kiental-Melange Meilleret-Decke Ochsenweid-Decke Lenk-Decke
- In short
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The Infra-Niesen Mélange, forming the base of the Niesen Nappe, is composed of slivers of pre-flysch series within a mainly gypsum-anhydrite and rarely “wildflysch” matrix. These slivers consist of rare gneiss, Triassic to Late Jurassic sedimentary rocks as well as Niesen Flysch.
- Age
- Bathonian
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Nappe de Bex–Laubhorn
- Name Origin
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Bex (VD) et Laubhorn = Oberlaubhore (BE), Lenk
- Rank
- nappe
- Status
- valid
- In short
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Within the Upper Helvetic Pillon Mélange Zone, the Bex-Laubhorn-type slivers (composed of a Triassic to Early Jurassic series) occur between the Prealps nappes and the frontal folds of the Lower and Upper Helvetic nappes.
- Age
- Triassic
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Nappe d'Arveyes
- Name Origin
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Arveyes (VD), Villars-sur-d'Ollon
- Rank
- nappe
- Status
- valid
- In short
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Within the Upper Helvetic Pillon Mélange Zone, the Arveyes-type slivers (composed of a Dogger and Eocene series) occur between the Prealps nappes and the frontal folds of the Lower and Upper Helvetic nappes.
- Age
- Middle Jurassic
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Nappe du Sex Mort
- Name Origin
- Rank
- nappe
- Status
- valid
- In short
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Within the Upper Helvetic Pillon Mélange Zone, the Sex Mort-type slivers (composed of a Malm and Eocene series) occur exclusively on top and in front of the Sublage Nappe (Wildhorn Nappe Complex).
- Age
- Late Jurassic