Formazione di Massari
Back to Sambuco NappeRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- (6%,33%,0%,29%)
- Color RGB
- R: 170 G: 120 B: 180
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Formation
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Massari-Formation
- Français
- Formation de Massari
- Italiano
- Formazione di Massari
- English
- Massari Formation
- Origin of the Name
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Rund um den Pizzo Massari (TI)
- Historical Variants
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Grès et calcaire gréseux rubannés, Massari Formation (Masson & Steck 2015)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
- Units at floor
Age
- Age at top
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- Pliensbachian
- Age at base
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- Hettangian
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Lepontin
Palaenography and tectonic
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
References
- Definition
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(2015) :
The Maggia-Sambuco nappe : stratigraphy, correlations and tectonic consequences (Central Alps). Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Abstract Volume 13 (Basel), 16–17
p.17: The Naret Formation is surmounted by a uniform alternation of thin layers of calcareous sandstones and quartzic limestones, more calcareous at the base, called here the Massari Formation. It looks similar to the Lower Liassic of several Helvetic units, e.g. in the Morcles and Wildhorn nappes.