• Tavetsch-Decke

    Origin of the Name

    Tavetsch = Tujetsch (GR), Surselva

    Rank
    nappe
    Status
    valid
    Age
    Precambrian - Paleozoic
    In short

    The Tavetsch Nappe is an Upper Helvetic tectonic unit cropping out in a large part of the upper Surselva (Vorderrhein Valley). It shows two contrasting parts: In the west, a narrow crystalline “massif” (formerly “Tavetsch -Zwischenmassiv”), consisting mainly of paragneisses, lies between the Aar Massif in the north and the Gotthard Nappe in the south. In the east, this crystalline basement thins and terminates towards the east in the core of an anticline, surrounded by Permian Verrucano sediments. The continuation of these sediments is found in the Glarus Nappe Complex.

  • Permische Metasedimente der Tavetsch-Decke

    Origin of the Name

    Val Acla Mulin (GR), W Tenigerbad

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    local name (informal)
    Age
    Permian
    In short

    Bläuisch-graue Chloritschiefer und -phyllite, die als permische Sedimentbedeckung der Tavetsch-Decke betrachtet werden.

  • Calmut-Gneiskomplex

    Origin of the Name

    Gipfel Calmut (GR), Tujetsch

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    Age
    Precambrian - Paleozoic
    In short

    Migmatitische Gneise (psephitischer bis chorismatischer Zweiglimmer-Plagioklas-K-Feldspar-Gneis) der Tavetsch-Decke.

  • Rueras-Gneiskomplex

    Origin of the Name

    Rueras (GR), Tujetsch

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    Age
    Precambrian - Paleozoic
    In short

    Metasedimentärer Muskovitgneis und -schiefer, Serizitschiefer und -phyllit, sowie Amphibolit- und Ultramafitlinsen der Tavetsch-Decke. Oft hornfelsartig und z.T. kataklastisch-kakiritisch.

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