«Brecce Retiche»

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Representation and status

Index
rb
Color CMYK
(0%,23%,17%,41%)
Color RGB
R: 150 G: 115 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Rhätbrekzie»
Français
«Brèches Rhétiques»
Italiano
«Brecce Retiche»
English
«Rhaetian Breccias»
Historical Variants

Rhätische Brekzien, Rhät/Hauptdolomit Breccie (Wiedenmayer 1963), Breccia tettono-sedimentaria = brecce retiche (Bernoulli et al. 2018)

Description

Description

Brekzien.

Hierarchy and sequence

Age

Age at top
  • Rhaetian
Age at base
  • Rhaetian

Geography

Geographical extent
Soglia di Lugano (settore Tremona – Arzo – Stabio).

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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