Safien-Quarzit

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
regional facies
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
informal term
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Safien-Quarzit
Français
Quartzites de Safien
Italiano
Quarziti di Safien
English
Safien Quartzite
Origin of the Name

Gemeinde Safien (GR), Safiental

Historical Variants
Safierquarzite (Jäckli 1941, Rutsh et al. 1966), quartzites de Safien (Neher in: Trümpy 1970)

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Jäckli Heinrich (1941) : Geologische Untersuchungen im nördlichen Westschams (Graubünden). Eclogae geol. Helv. 34/1
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