Gneiss di Promontogno

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Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 225 G: 75 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Promontogno-Gneis
Français
Gneiss de Promontogno
Italiano
Gneiss di Promontogno
English
Promontogno Gneiss
Origin of the Name

Promontogno (GR)

Historical Variants

Plattige Glimmergneisse der Steinbrüche von Promontogno (Staub 1921), Plattengneise von Promontogno-Soglio (de Quervain 1969), Gneiss granitici leucocrati = gneiss di Tambo (Wenk 1992)

Age

Age at top
  • Late Paleozoic
Age at base
  • Late Paleozoic

Geography

Geographical extent
Val Bregaglia, Val Bondasca

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Variscan plutonic rocks of the Penninic
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • plutonic
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