Upper Penninic of Eastern Switzerland

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Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 239 G: 237 B: 235
Rank
tectonic subdomain
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Oberpenninikum der Westschweiz
Français
Pennique Supérieur de Suisse occidentale
Italiano
Pennidico Superiore della Svizzera occidentale
English
Upper Penninic of Eastern Switzerland
Historical Variants

Upper Penninic of Eastern Switzerland (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • tectonic
Metamorphism
non metamorphic

References

Definition
Gouffon Yves (Editor) (2024) : Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern

p.68: The Upper Penninic subdomain of western Switzerland contains mainly magmatic and sedimentary rock units of oceanic origin. Some thin continental margin sedimentary series and small continental crust slices are intercalated within these units. All of these units were driven into a subduction zone under the Salassic nappes, some exposed to high-pressure metamorphic conditions, others remaining under lower pressure conditions.

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