Falda dei Camosci
Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
- Rank
- tectonic zone
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Camosci-Decke
- Français
- Nappe des Camosci
- Italiano
- Falda dei Camosci
- English
- Camosci Nappe
- Origin of the Name
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Ghiacciao risp. Alpe dei Camosci (Italia)
- Historical Variants
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Bedretto Zone (Hansen 1972, Bianchi et al. 1998), Camosci nappe (Carrupt 2003), Camosci-Zone, Camosci Nappe (Berger et al. 2017, Gouffon et al. 2024)
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
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= Alpage des Chamois
Description
- Description
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Berger et al. 2017 p.79: Carrupt (2003) defined the Camosci Nappe including parts of the “Bedretto Zone” of Bianchi et al.(1998). This nappe comprises the “Sabbione Zone” of Leu (1986) and parts of the Termen Zone, and is dominated by dolomite and calcite marble and dark calcareous micaschist (“graphitic unit” of Carrupt 2003). The first group has often been considered as Triassic in age (Leu 1986, Carrupt 2003), whereas the ages of the other units are under debate (Leu 1986, Carrupt 2003). A detailed discussion of the Camosci Nappe is given in Carrupt (2003).
Age
- Age at top
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- Jurassic
- Age at base
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- Triassic
References
- Definition
- 2003) : New stratigraphic, structural and geochemical data from the Val Formazza - Binntal area (Central Alps). Mémoires de Géologie (Lausanne) 41, 103 p. (
- Definition
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2024) :
Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern
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p.39: The Camosci Nappe is a small unit located south of the Nufenenpass and sandwiched between the Lower Penninic Sion-Courmayeur Nappe to the north and the Lepontic Monte Leone and Lebendun nappes to the south (Carrupt 2003). It is made up of sediments with South Helvetic to Ultrahelvetic affinity.