Bajuvarikum

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
Rank
tectonic domain
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Bajuvarikum
Français
Bajuvarikum
Italiano
Bajuvarikum
English
Bajuvarikum
Historical Variants

Bajuvarikum = Bajuvarisches Deckensystem (Gruber et al. 2010), Bajuvaric Nappe System (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

Description

Description

Das Bajuvarikum als der nordwestlichste, und für diese Arbeit interessante Teil

der Nördlichen Kalkalpen besteht aus der höheren Lechtal-Decke (oberes Bajuvarikum) und der tieferen Allgäu-Decke (unteres Bajuvarikum, FAUPL & WAGREICH 2000).

Hierarchy and sequence

Geography

Geographical extent
Die bajuvarischen Decken der Nördlichen Kalkalpen lassen sich nach W bis ins Rätikon verfolgen, wo sie in Form von nach W aushebenden antiklinalen Halbfenstern und synklinalen Halbklippen enden (Eisbacher & Brandner 1995).

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

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

p.91: A nappe stack consisting exclusively of sedimentary rocks, ranging from the Permian to the Late Cretaceous, occupies the entire northern part of the Austroalpine in the Northern Calcareous Alps. These were detached from their crystalline basement during the Late Cretaceous, as inferred from synorogenic Cretaceous deposits (Ortner & Kilian 2022). They were affected by top-NW thrusting in the Cretaceous (Hauterivian to Turonian, Ortner & Kilian 2022), followed by top-N thrusting in the Cenozoic. This led to a complicated internal structure. From bottom to top these nappes were classically grouped into Bajuvaric, Tirolic-Noric and Juvavic nappe systems, a concept that is presently under discussion (Ortner & Kilian 2022). In the area of the Tectonic Map of Switzerland, from bottom to top, the Cenoman-Randschuppe, the Allgäu Nappe and the Lechtal Nappe belong to the Bajuvaric Nappe System, the Inntal Nappe and the Krabachjoch Nappe to the Tirolic-Noric Nappe System.

  • Lechtal-Decke

    Name Origin

    Lechtal (Österreich), Vorarlberg

    Rank
    nappe
    Status
    valid
    Nomenclatorial Remarks
    <p>"Lechtaler Hauptmulde" sensu Tollmann (1970a, 1976b), "Zürser Synklinorium" sensu May &amp; Eisbacher (1999)</p>
    In short

    The Lechtal Nappe is the upper tectonic unit of the Bajuvaric Nappe System (Upper Austroalpine) in the Northern Calcareous Alps. Its stratigraphic sequence is characterised by thick and widespread Jurassic and Cretaceous basin sediments, as well as local shallow sediments («Zürser Schwelle»).

    In the northern Rätikon mountain range, between Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, it is intersected by out-of-sequence thrust faults, which divided it into several slices (Schesaplana, Gorfion, Augstenberg, Ochsenkopf, Heubühl and Drei Schwestern slices) and also lead to the exposure of isolated lenses of the Arosa Zone. The «Northern Mittagspitz Zone», in the eastern Rätikon, and the Madrisa Slice, which is isolated north of Klosters between the Silvretta Nappe above and the Upper Penninic Arosa Zone below, are considered to be inverted slivers derived from the Lechtal Nappe.

    Age
    Late Carboniferous (= Pennsylvanian)
    • Schesaplana-Schuppe

      Name Origin

      Massiv/Gipfel der Schesaplana (GR) [«sassa plauna» = ebener Felsblock]

      Rank
      tectonic slice
      Status
      informal term
      In short

      The Schesaplana Slice is a tectonic subunit of the Lechtal Nappe at its southwestern border.

    • Gorfion-Schuppe

      Name Origin

      Gorvion = Gorfion (Liechtenstein)/(Österreich)

      Rank
      tectonic slice
      Status
      valid
      In short

      The Gorfion Slice is a tectonic subunit of the Lechtal Nappe at its southwestern border.

    • Augstenberg-Schuppe

      Name Origin

      Augstenberg (Liechtenstein)

      Rank
      tectonic slice
      Status
      informal term
      In short

      The Augstenberg Slice is a tectonic subunit of the Lechtal Nappe at its southwestern border.

    • Ochsenkopf-Schuppe

      Name Origin

      Ochsenkopf (Liechtenstein)/(Österreich)

      Rank
      tectonic slice
      Status
      local name (informal)
      In short

      The Ochsenkopf Slice is a tectonic subunit of the western part of the Lechtal Nappe.

    • Heubühl-Schuppe

      Name Origin

      Heubühl = Heubüal (LI), Saminatal

      Rank
      tectonic slice
      Status
      valid
      In short

      The Heubühl Slice is a tectonic subunit of the Lechtal Nappe at its southwestern border. It has an exclusively Triassic stratigraphic sequence ranging from «Alpiner Buntsandstein» (Chazforà-/Fuorn-Fm.) up to «Hauptdolomit».

      Age
      Late Permian
    • Drei-Schwestern-Schuppe

      Name Origin

      Drei Schwestern (AT/LI)

      Rank
      tectonic slice
      Status
      valid
      In short

      The Drei Schwestern Slice is a tectonic subunit of the Lechtal Nappe at its northwestern border. It has an exclusively Triassic stratigraphic sequence ranging from «Alpiner Buntsandstein» (Chazforà-/Fuorn-Fm.) up to «Hauptdolomit».

    • «Nördliche Mittagsspitz-Zone»

      Name Origin

      Mittagsspitz

      Rank
      tectonic zone
      Status
      local name (informal)
      In short

      The «Northern Mittagspitz Zone», in the eastern Rätikon,  is considered to be an inverted sliver derived from the Lechtal Nappe.

    • Madrisa-Schuppe

      Name Origin

      Madrisa (GR)

      Rank
      tectonic zone
      Status
      informal term
      In short

      The Madrisa Slice, which is isolated north of Klosters between the Silvretta Nappe above and the Upper Penninic Arosa Zone below, is considered to be an inverted sliver derived from the Lechtal Nappe.

      Age
      Permian
  • Allgäu-Decke

    Name Origin

    Allgäu (Deutschland)/(Österreich)

    Rank
    nappe
    Status
    valid
    In short

    The Allgäu Nappe is the lower tectonic unit of the Bajuvaric Nappe System (Upper Austroalpine) in the Northern Calcareous Alps.

    • Walsertal-Zone

      Name Origin

      Walsertal (Österreich)

      Rank
      tectonic zone
      Status
      informal term
      In short

      Melange-Zone mit wenige Ophiolithe, die eine Fortsetzung der Arosa-Decke zwischen Lichtenstein und dem Allgäu (direkt den Rhenodanubischen Flysch überlagernd) darstellt.

    • Falkenstein-Zug

      Rank
      tectonic zone
      Status
      local name (informal)
  • «Cenoman-Randschuppe»

    Rank
    tectonic slice
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    Valid term
    Walsertal-Zone
    In short

    The Cenoman-Randschuppe consists of an imbricate zone of slivers formed at the active margin between the Adriatic continental plate and the Piemonte-Liguria Ocean. It lies at the northern rim of the Upper Austroalpine (Northern Calcareous Alps) and consists of flysch-like coarse-grained deposits.

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