zone du Tournalin

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 241 G: 237 B: 239
Rank
tectonic zone
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Tournalin-Zone
Français
zone du Tournalin
Italiano
zona del Tournalin
English
Tournalin zone
Origin of the Name

Grand Tournalin (Italia)

Historical Variants

Gressoney-Gran Tournalin unit (Dal Piaz 1965), zone du Tournalin (Vannay & Allemann 1990), Gran Tournalin unit (Ellis et al. 2016)

Description

Thickness
Au moins 300 m (Vannay & Allemann 1990).

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof
Units at floor

Geography

Type area
Haut-Valtournanche (Italia)

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
Piemont Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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