Complesso della Punta Rossa

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
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Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Punta-Rossa-Komplex
Français
Complexe de la Punta Rossa
Italiano
Complesso della Punta Rossa
English
Punta Rossa Complex
Origin of the Name

Punta Rossa = Pointe Rousse (Italia), NW Col du Petit St-Bernard

Historical Variants

--- (Elter & Elter 1968, Dalla Torre 1998), Punta rossa crystalline (Fügenschuh et al. 1999), Pt. Rossa complex (Loprieno 2001), gneissic body at the Punta Rossa (Masson et al. 2008), Punta Rossa imbricated slivers = Punta Rossa megablocks = Punta Rossa Unit (De Broucker et al. 2021)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Units at roof

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
Valaisan Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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