• Soja-Decke

    Origin of the Name

    Val Soja = Val Soi (TI)

    Rank
    nappe
    In short

    The Soja Nappe is a small tectonic unit of the Eastern Lepontic (Ticino Culmination) located between the overlying frontal part of Adula Nappe and the underlying Simano Nappe. To the north, it extends into the Garzott Slices located in the core of the Lunschania Antiform and surrounded by the Piz Terri-Lunschania Nappe. It includes a polycyclic crystalline basement covered by Permian to Jurassic sediments.

  • «Soja-Trias»

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Dolomitische Abfolge, mit wenigen geringmächtigen Kalklagen, im Dach der Soja-Decke.

    • «Dolomie Bicolori»

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      incorrect name (though informally used)
      In short

      Weiss und bläulich-grau gebänderte Dolomite der "nordpenninische" Trias.

      Age
      Late Anisian
  • «Soja-Verrucano»

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    In short

    Gneiss phengitique résultant du métamorphisme d'un grès arkosique avec quelques intercalations conglomératiques.

  • Gneiss della Val Soja

    Origin of the Name

    Val Soja = Val Soi (TI)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    In short

    Antico gneiss policiclico nel nucleo della falda della Val Soja: gneiss chiaro a due miche, a grana minuta fino a media, fortemente scistosa.

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