Saluver-Gruppe

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Representation and status

Index
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CMYK Color
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RGB color
R: 220 G: 175 B: 100
Rank
lithostratigraphic Group
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
unknown status
SCS note
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SCS date
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Comment
Diese grobklastische Resedimente und turbiditische Sandsteine bezeugen die jurassische Dehnungstektonik im Bereich des unterostalpinen Kontinentalrandes.

Nomenclature

German

Saluver-Gruppe

French
Groupe du (Val) Saluver
Italian
Gruppo della (Val) Saluver
English

Saluver Group

Origin of the Name

Piz Nair im oberen Val Saluver (GR)

Historical Variants
Saluvergesteine (Studer & Escher 1853/1869), Saluverschichten = Saluverserie = Saluverschiefer + Saluversandstein + Saluverbreccie (Cornelius 1923, Cornelius 1932), Saluvergesteine = Saluverschichten (Roesli 1945), Saluver Group (Furrer et al. 1985), Syn-rift sediments = Saluver Group (Manatschal & Nievergelt 1997)
Nomenclatorial Remarks
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Synonyms

Synonyms
Non-synonyms
Possible confusion

Description

Description
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Geomorphology
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Thickness
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Components

Lithological content
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Mineral content
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Fossil content
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Hierarchy and succession

Superordinate unit
Subordinate units
Units at roof
Units at floor
Agnelli-Formation Alv-Brekzie
Lateral equivalents
Upper boundary
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Lower boundary
Agnelli-Fm. (conformity) oder ältere sedimentäre bis kristalline Einheiten (unconformity) (Finger 1978, Manatschal & Nievergelt 1997)
Stratigraphic discussion
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Age

Age at top
Callovian
Note about top
Einzelne Bänke ziehen noch bis im Blais-Radiolarit hin. Oder sogar jünger (Manatschal & Nivergelt 1997).
Age at base
Toarcian
Note about base
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Dating method
Kreide (Cornelius 1932) ; --- (Roesli 1944)

Geography

Geographical extent
Oberengadin
Type area
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Type locality
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Type profile
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Reference profiles
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Point of interest
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Paleogeography and tectonic

Paleogeography
Piemont Basin, Adriatic passive continental margin :
southern continental margin / platform ,
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Conditions of formation
Syn-rift sediments (Manatschal & Nievergelt 1997).
Sequence
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Tectonic Unit (resp. main category)
Austroalpine
  • Lower Austroalpine
    • Rothorn
    • Tschirpen nappe
    • Schiahorn nappe
    • Schafläger
    • Dorfberg
      • Grünhorn
      • Casanna
    • Stammer
    • Ela nappe
    • Bernina nappe complex
      • Bernina
      • Mezzaun :
        = Müsella-Schuppe = Corn-Kristallin
      • Madulain :
        = Albula-Schuppenzone / Albula-Steilzone
      • Julier nappe
    • Err nappe complex
      • Murtiröl :
        = Seja-Kristallin = Bugliauna-Schuppe
      • Err
      • Carungas nappe
      • Corvatsch
      • Chastelets
      • Bardella-Padella :
        ex Samedan-Zone rev.
  • Upper Austroalpine
    • Campo nappe
    • Languard nappe
    • Tonale zone
    • Northern Calcareous Alps
      • Krabajoch
      • Inntal nappe
      • Lechtal nappe
        • Madrisa thrust slice
        • Schesaplana
        • Gorvion
        • Augstenberg
        • Ochsenkopf
        • Heubühl
        • Drei-Schwestern
    • Allgäu
    • Silvretta
      • S-chanf :
        inkl. Suvsilvrettide Linsen
    • Ötztal nappe
    • Umbrail-Terza
      • Umbrail-Chavalatsch
      • Terza
    • Quattervals
    • S-charl nappe
    • Ortler nappe
Err nappe complex
  • Murtiröl :
    = Seja-Kristallin = Bugliauna-Schuppe
  • Err
  • Carungas nappe
  • Corvatsch
  • Chastelets
  • Bardella-Padella :
    ex Samedan-Zone rev.
Bernina nappe complex
  • Bernina
  • Mezzaun :
    = Müsella-Schuppe = Corn-Kristallin
  • Madulain :
    = Albula-Schuppenzone / Albula-Steilzone
  • Julier nappe
Metamorphism
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Metamorphic facies
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Note on metamorphism
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References

Definition
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Revision
Manatschal Gianreto, Nievergelt Peter (1997): A continent-ocean transition recorded in the Err and Platta nappes (Eastern Switzerland). , Eclog. geol. Helv. 90/1, 3-27

p.8: Syn-rift sediments Sedimentary breccias with a variable amount of matrix and intercalated hemipelagic background sediments, sandy limestones and shales conformably overlie the top of the Agnelli Formation or unconformably overlie the older sediments or metamorphic basement rocks (Finger 1978). The very local distribution and the strong variability in composition and texture, typical for syn-rift sediments, have led to different local names for these sediments, such as Saluver Formation (Finger 1978), Bardella Formation (Finger 1978), Salteras Series (Stöcklin 1949) and Salamun Breccia (Stöcklin 1949). In this study, the name "Saluver Group" (Furrer et al. 1985) is used for these sedimentary breccias and sandstones which are often particularly rich in crystalline basement clasts. Characteristic for the sedimentary breccias of the Saluver Group are a general up-section change from pure carbonate to carbonate/crystalline breccias (Stöcklin 1949) and the occurrence of one or more thinning- and fining-upward cycles (Finger 1978). The age of most of the breccias in the Lower Austroalpine units is badly constrained but the observation that these breccias stratigraphically overlie a hardground of Early Pliensbachien age (pers. com. Heinz Furrer) and are themselves overlain by radiolarian cherts of the upper Middle to Upper Jurassic Radiolarite Formation (Baumgartner 1987) makes a Middle Jurassic age for them most likely. The fact that in some places younger strata, sometimes even Lower Cretaceous Argille a Palombini, onlap the breccias and appear to interfinger with them (e.g. Fuorcla Mulix. see below) suggests that some of the breccias might also be younger.
Important publications
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Material and varia

Applications
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  • Saluver-Formation Show details

    Origin of the Name

    Piz Nair im oberen Val Saluver (GR)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    unknown status
    Valid name
    In Short
    Polymikte Brekzien mit vorwiegend kristallinen Komponenten, rote Sandsteine, sowie dunkle und rote Tonschiefer.
    Age
    Middle Jurassic - Middle Jurassic
    Thickness
    Bis zu 460 m (Furrer et al. 1985).
    Geographical extent
    Piz Nair, Zone von Samedan.
    Type area
    -
    Comment
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    • «Oberes Member» (Saluver-Fm.) Show details

      Origin of the Name
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      Rank
      lithostratigraphic Member
      Status
      informal term
      Valid name
      In Short
      Schwarze Tonschiefer mit feinklastischen, sandigen Lagen.
      Age
      Middle Jurassic - Middle Jurassic
      Thickness
      -
      Geographical extent
      -
      Type area
      -
      Comment
      Oberes Member

    • «Mittleres Member» (Saluver-Fm.) Show details

      Origin of the Name
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      Rank
      lithostratigraphic Member
      Status
      informal term
      Valid name
      In Short
      Gradierte, matrixarme Brekzien und Sandsteinen in dünnbankigen, kalkfreien, roten Tonsteinen.
      Age
      Middle Jurassic - Middle Jurassic
      Thickness
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      Geographical extent
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      Type area
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      Comment
      Mittleres Member

    • «Unteres Member» (Saluver-Fm.) Show details

      Origin of the Name
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      Rank
      lithostratigraphic Member
      Status
      informal term
      Valid name
      In Short
      Grobe, komponentengestützte, poly- und monomikte Brekzien, dickbankig und chaotisch.
      Age
      Middle Jurassic - Middle Jurassic
      Thickness
      -
      Geographical extent
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      Type area
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      Comment
      Unteres Member

  • Bardella-Formation Show details

    Origin of the Name

    Piz Bardella (GR), Samedan

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    Valid name
    In Short
    Wechsellagerung von grauen bis braunen, kalkhaltigen Tonsteinen und feinkörnigen, sandigen Kalken mit Einschaltungen aus dickbankigen Brekzien mit karbonatischen und kristallinen Komponenten. Die Obergrenze der Bardella-Formation ist fehlend. Die Schichtreihe ist gegen oben tektonisch begrenzt.
    Age
    Middle Jurassic - Middle Jurassic
    Thickness
    120-170 m
    Geographical extent
    Piz Bardella, Zone von Samedan
    Type area
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    Comment
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    • «Bardellabreccien»

      Origin of the Name

      Piz Bardella (GR)

      Rank
      regional facies
      Status
      informal term
      Valid name
      In Short
      Polymikte Breckzie mit vorwiegend Dolomitkomponenten.
      Age
      Middle Jurassic - Middle Jurassic
      Thickness
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      Geographical extent
      Zone von Samedan
      Type area
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      Comment
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  • Salteras-Formation Show details

    Origin of the Name

    Piz Salteras (GR), Bergün/Tinizong-Rona

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    Valid name
    In Short
    Wechsellagerung von dunklen, leicht kalkigen Tonsteinen, glimmerreichen Sandsteinen und polymikten Brekzien mit sandiger Matrix und karbonatischen sowie kristallinen Komponenten.
    Age
    Middle Jurassic - Middle Jurassic
    Thickness
    10-150 m
    Geographical extent
    Piz Salteras
    Type area
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    Comment
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  • Salamùn-Brekzie Show details

    Origin of the Name

    Murtèl Salamùn (GR), Bergün/Bravuogn

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    Valid name
    In Short
    Matrixarme, bräunliche Brekzie mit karbonatischen und kristallinen Komponenten («Albula-Granit» und Glimmerschiefer). An der Basis dominieren Brekzien mit dolomitischen Klasten.
    Age
    Middle Jurassic - Middle Jurassic
    Thickness
    4-20 m
    Geographical extent
    Grat zwischen Albulatal/Val d'Avra und Val Bever (Murtel Trigd, Murtel Salamun, Piz da las Blais, Piz Mez).
    Type area
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    Comment
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  • Err-Brekzie Show details

    Origin of the Name

    W- bis N-Flanke des Piz d'Err (GR), Tinizong-Rona

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    local name (informal)
    Valid name
    In Short
    Im unteren Bereich dickbankige und grobe Karbonat-Brekzien mit einigen kristallinen Komponenten und karbonatischer Matrix. Im oberen Bereich feinkörnigere Brekzien und Einschaltungen von Kalkbänken.
    Age
    Middle Jurassic - Middle Jurassic
    Thickness
    40-80 m
    Geographical extent
    Westflanke Piz d'Err
    Type area
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    Comment
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