(Internal) Penninic of Western Switzerland

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Rappresentazione e statuto

Colore RGB
R: 239 G: 237 B: 235
Rango
dominio tettonico
Uso
Unità non usata
Status
termine locale (informale)

Nomenclatura

Deutsch
(Internes) Penninikum der Westschweiz
Français
Pennique (Interne) de Suisse occidentale
Italiano
Pennidico (Interno) della Svizzera occidentale
English
(Internal) Penninic of Western Switzerland
Varianti storiche

Pennique valaisan, Penninic in Western Switzerland (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

Paleogeografia e tettonica

Tipo di origine
  • tettonico
Metamorfismo
non metamorfo

Referenze

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

p.61: In western Switzerland, the Penninic domain occupies a large portion of the canton Valais south of the Rhône Valley and extends southward into adjacent Italy. A major thrust fault, known as the “Penninic Basal Thrust” or more generally “Penninic Front”, limits this domain to the west. Along the Rhône Valley between Saxon and Visp, the northern border is represented by the Rhône-Simplon Fault Zone, except between Sion and Sierre, where the Penninic Basal Thrust is preserved in some places. To the southeast, the Penninic is bounded by the thrust of the Sesia Nappe, which is the hangingwall of the Piemonte-Liguria Ocean subduction zone. In western Switzerland, the Penninic domain is overlain by the klippen of the Salassic Dent Blanche and Mont Mary nappes.

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