Val-Sarsura-Gabbrokomplex

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(53%,0%,7%,41%)

Color RGB

R: 70 G: 150 B: 140

Rank

lithostratigraphic unit

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Val-Sarsura-Gabbrokomplex

Français

Complexe gabbroïque du Val Sarsura

Italiano

Complesso gabbroico della Val Sarsura

English

Val Sarsura Gabbroic Complex

Origin of the Name

Oberes Val Sarsura (GR)

Historical Variants

--- (Spaenhauer 1932), complexe gabbroïque du val Sarsura (Thierrin 1983), Noriten des Val Sarsura (Maggetti / Flisch 1989), metagabbros of the Val Sarsura (Maggetti & Flisch 1993), Sarsura Valley gabbroic complex (Müller et al. 1996)

Age

Age at top

• Neoproterozoic (= Late Proterozoic)

Age at base

• Neoproterozoic (= Late Proterozoic)

Dating Method

895 +130/-140 Ma (Rb/Sr-Isochron: Maggetti & Flisch 1993)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Silvretta

Kind of protolith

• plutonic

References

Definition

Thierrin J. (1983) : Les éclogites et le complexe gabbroïque du val Sarsura (Silvretta) SMPM Mitteilungen 63/2-3, 479-496