Schams-Deckenkomplex
Back to Schams nappe complexRepresentation and status
- Index
- Sch
- Color CMYK
- (0%,1%,2%,5%)
- Color RGB
- R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
- Rank
- nappe complex
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid
- Status discussion
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Muntogna/Tgea da Schons, Valle di Schams, Vallée de Schams
Nomenclature
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- Schams-Deckenkomplex
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- Complexe de nappes du Schams
- Italiano
- Complesso di falde dello Schams
- English
- Schams Nappe Complex
- Origin of the Name
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Schams = Val Schons (GR), Hinterrheintal
- Historical Variants
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Schamser Decken (Zyndel 1912, Wyss & Isler 2007), Schamserdecken (Wilhelm 1933), Falde dello Schams (Sciesa 1991), nappes du Schams (Mayerat Demarne 1994)
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
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cf. Schreurs 1990, Schmid et al. 1990
Age
- Age at top
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- Eocene
- Age at base
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- Carboniferous
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Südliche Fortsetzung zwischen die Tamboalp und der Einshorn (Mayerat Demarne 1994).
Palaenography and tectonic
- Paleogeography
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Briançonnais Terrane
:
microcontinent briançonnais
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- tectonic
Material and varia
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