Métagranite de la Costa Citrin

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(0%,51%,49%,16%)

Color RGB

R: 215 G: 105 B: 110

Rank

lithostratigraphic unit

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Costa-Citrin-Metagranit

Français

Métagranite de la Costa Citrin

English

Costa Citrin Metagranite

Origin of the Name

Costa Citrin (Italia), Saint Rhémy / Val d'Aoste

Historical Variants

granites de Costa Citrin (Caby 1974), métagranites de la Costa Citrin = Costa Citrin metagranites (Bertrand et al. 1998), magmatic Costa Citrin complex, Costa Citrin intrusion (Giorgis et al. 1999), granite de Costa Citrin (Guillot 2005)

Age

Age at top

• Middle Pennsylvanian

Age at base

• Visean

Dating Method

324 +/-17 Ma et 323 +/-8 Ma (U/Pb zircon, Bertrand et al. 1998) ; 323 +/-7 Ma (U/Pb, zircon)

References

Definition

Giorgis David, Thélin Philippe, Stampfli Gérard, Bussy François (1999) : The Mont-Mort metapelites : Variscan metamorphism and geodynamic context (Briançonnais basement, Western Alps, Swizerland). Schweizerische mineralogische und petrographische Mitteilungen 79, 381-398