(Prima) Zona Diorito-Kinzigitica

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,16%,16%,2%)
Color RGB
R: 250 G: 210 B: 210
Rank
petrography
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Zona Diorito-Kinzigitica
Français
Zona Diorito-Kinzigitica
Italiano
(Prima) Zona Diorito-Kinzigitica
English
Zona Diorito-Kinzigitica
Historical Variants

Kinzigite (Artini & Melzi 1900, Berger & Mercolli 2007), Zona diorito-kinzigitica Ivrea-Verbano (Franchi 1905), zone dioritique d'Ivrée (Henny 1918), Kinzigitzone (Walter 1950, Papageorgakis 1962), Roches kinzigitiques (Steck & Tièche 1976), Complesso Kinzigitico = Kinzigitic Complex, complesso kinzigitico (Dal Piaz et al. 1992a)

Description

Description

Gneiss a biotite, granato e sillimanite

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Subordinate units

Age

Age at top
  • Paleozoic
Age at base
  • Proterozoic

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
Adriatic passive continental margin :
southern continental margin / platform
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Metamorphism
polycyclic
Metamorphic facies
  • granulite facies

  • Gneiss del Pizzo Leone

    Name Origin

    Pizzo Leone (TI)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    In short
    Gneis des nördlichen Teils der Ivrea-Zone (retrograd überprägter Kinzigit/Stronalit, Chloritfazies).
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  • Marmo di Candoglia

    Name Origin

    Candoglia (Italia), Valle d'Ossola ; cf. wikipedia

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short

    Marmo rosa del complesso kinzigitico della Zona Ivrea-Verbano.

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