Andeer-Granit

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Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 215 G: 85 B: 115
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Andeer-Granit
Français
Granite d'Andeer
Italiano
Granito di Andeer
English
Andeer Granite
Origin of the Name

Andeer (GR)

Historical Variants

porphyrische Gneise von Andeer (de Quervain 1969), Andeerer Granit (Heitzmann & Auf der Maur 1989), Verde Andeer = Granite d'Andeer (Bollin 1996)

Age

Age at top
  • Early Carboniferous (= Mississipian)
Age at base
  • Early Carboniferous (= Mississipian)

Palaenography and tectonic

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