«Gneiss plagioclasici a biotite»

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Représentation et statut

Index
GO
Couleur CMYK
(0%,0%,0%,100%)
Rang
Formation lithostratigraphique
Usage
Ce terme est en usage.
Status
statut inconnu

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Schiefriger Biotitplagioklasgneis»
Italiano
«Gneiss plagioclasici a biotite»
Origine du nom

Schiefriger Biotitplagioklasgneis (Reinhard 1964), Gneiss biotitico-plagiodasici (Boriani et al. 1990)

Description

Description

Gneiss plagioclasici a biotite, da lenticolari a scistosi, spesso con muscovite et feldspato alcalino, localemente con orneblenda

Hiérarchie et succession

Unité hiérarchiquement supérieure

Âge

Âge au sommet
  • Silurien
Note sur le sommet

Permian?

Âge à la base
  • Ordovicien

Géographie

Extension géographique
Val Veddasca, Val Cannobina.

Références

Révision
Boriani A., Giobbi Origoni E., Borghi A., Caironi V. (1990) : The evolution of the "Serie dei Laghi" (Strona-Ceneri and Scisti dei Laghi): the upper component of the Ivrea-Verbano crustal section; Southern Alps, North Italy and Ticino, Switzerland. Tectonophysics 182, 103-118

A muscovi te-rich paragneiss variety occurs in Val Veddasca ("Schieferiger Biotitplagioklasgneis ± Muskovi t fiihrend"; Reinhard. 1964) and in Val Cannobina (shown partly as "Gneiss biotitico-plagiodasici" and partly as "Gneiss minuti" on the Geological Map of the Verbania area by Boriani et al., 1977). It probably represents a more clay-rich facies of the Strona-Ceneri sediments, heteropic with the Ceneri gneiss. Ca-silicate nodules do not occur in this variety.

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