Glarner Deckenkomplex

Rappresentazione e statuto

Colore CMYK

(0%,1%,2%,5%)

Colore RGB

R: 241 G: 239 B: 237

Rango

complesso di falde

Uso

Unità in uso.

Status

valido

Nomenclatura

Deutsch

Glarner Deckenkomplex

Français

Complexe de nappes de Glaris

Italiano

Complesso di falde di Glarona

English

Glarus Nappe Complex

Origine del nome

Glarner Alpen (GL)

Varianti storiche

Glarner-Deckfalte (Schmidt & Preiswerk 1908), Glarnerdecken (Brunnschweiler 1959), nappe de Glaris (Trümpy 1970), Glarus Nappe Complex (Berger et al. 2017, Gouffon et al. 2024), Glarner Deckenkomplex (Hantke et al. 2019)

Descrizione

Descrizione

(Verrucano à Eocène)

Gerarchia e successione

Unità di rango inferiore

• Ilanz-Decke
• Wageten-Schuppe
• Gonzen–Walenstadt-Schuppen
• Mürtschen-Decke
• Glarner Decke (s.s.)

Limite inferiore

Glarner Hauptüberschiebung

Età

Geomorfologia

• Eocene

Età alla base

• Permiano

Paleogeografia e tettonica

Termini generici

• Glarus-DK

Tipo di origine

• tettonico

Referenze

Revisione

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

p.41: From the Linth Valley to the Rhine Valley, the Upper Helvetic subdomain contains the Glarus Nappe Complex and the Säntis Nappe. The stratigraphic series of the Glarus Nappe Complex consists of a thick Verrucano (Permian), Triassic and Jurassic series, as well as Cretaceous and some Paleogene sediments depending on the subunit of the complex. The Verrucano Group crops out south of the Walensee–Seeztal and forms klippen in the south, within the area of the Tectonic Arena Sardona, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The klippen offer a spectacular view of the Glarus Thrust and ignited the discussion about nappe tectonics in the 19th Century (Trümpy & Westermann 2008).