«Südliche Mittagsspitz-Zone»
Back to Schiahorn NappeRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
- Rank
- tectonic zone
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- «Südliche Mittagsspitz-Zone»
- Français
- «Zone méridionale du Mittagsspitz»
- Italiano
- «Zona meridionale del Mittagsspitz»
- English
- «Southern Mittagsspitz Zone»
- Historical Variants
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Mittagsspitz-Grossfalte (Allemann & Blaser 1951), Mittagspitz-Mulde (Haldimann 1975), Mittagsspitz zone (Nilius et al. 2016), Southern Mittagsspitz Zone (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Rhätikon.
References
- Definition
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(2024) :
Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern
p.92: The Schiahorn Nappe (formerly “Arosa Dolomites”) is a small unit underlying the Silvretta Nappe between Tiefencastel and Davos. It consists of Triassic to Early Jurassic sediments with lithofacies similar to that of the Upper Austroalpine Ortler Nappe (see § 8.2.7; Furrer 1993, Eberli 1988, Froitzheim et al. 1994). In the Rätikon area (northeast corner of the Prättigau Half-Window), Nagel (2006) correlates the sedimentary “Southern Mittagspitz Zone” with the Schiahorn Nappe, both having a similar stratigraphic sequence with respect to the Allgäu Nappe, as well as a structurally comparable position with it.