Nappe du Mont Gond
Back to Wildhorn nappe complexRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
- Rank
- nappe
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Mont-Gond-Decke
- Français
- Nappe du Mont Gond
- Italiano
- Falda del Mont Gond
- English
- Mont Gond Nappe
- Origin of the Name
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Mont Gond de Conthey (VS), au nord de Conthey
- Historical Variants
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nappe du Mont Gond (Sartori & Epard 2011), Mont Gond Nappe (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)
Links
- Non-synonyms
Description
- Description
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FR: Nappe de l'Helvétique supérieur de Suisse occidentale, constituant l'élément médian du complexe de nappes du Wildhorn.
Hierarchy and sequence
- Subordinate units
- Units at roof
- Upper boundary
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nappe du Sublage
- Lower boundary
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Le Dogger de la nappe du Mont Gond chevauche le Crétacé de la nappe des Diablerets.
Age
- Age at top
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- Late Jurassic
- Age at base
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- Middle Jurassic
Palaenography and tectonic
- Kind of protolith
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- tectonic
References
- Definition
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(2024) :
Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern
p.40: The Wildhorn Nappe Complex consists of three superposed nappes: the Diablerets Nappe, present only in the southwest, at the base of the complex, is linked by a tight syncline to the Mont Gond Nappe, which is also outcropping mainly in the southwestern part of the complex. The highest Sublage Nappe forms the main body of the complex; it overlies the thin Jägerchrüz Nappe north of Sierre and the Gellihorn Nappe further northeast (see § 4.1.3).
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Écaille de Prapio-Audon
- Name Origin
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Col de Prapio (VD) et Becca d'Audon = Oldenhorn (VD)/(VS)/(BE)
- Rank
- tectonic slice
- Status
- local name (informal)
- In short
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Flanc renversé de la nappe du Mont Gond.