Val-Sarsura-Gabbrokomplex

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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
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)

References

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