Campo-Decke

Representation and status

Color CMYK

N/A

Color RGB

R: 241 G: 239 B: 237

Rank

nappe

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

valid

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Campo-Decke

Français

Nappe de Campo

Italiano

Falda di Campo

English

Campo Nappe

Origin of the Name

Val di Campo = Val da Camp (GR)

Historical Variants

mittelostalpine Decke = Campo-Decke (Alb. Heim 1922), Campodecke (Rösli 1928, Spillmann 1993), Campo-Decke s.l. > Campo-Decke s.str. (Staub 1946), falda di Campo (Pozzi 1957), falda Campo (Godenzi 1963, Montrasio et al. 2012), Campo-Languard-Einheit (Dössegger 1987)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

• Hauptdolomit-Gruppe (Ostalpin)

Lower boundary

Bernina-Deckenkomplex

Geography

Geographical extent

SE der Engadin-Störung

Palaenography and tectonic

Kind of protolith

• tectonic

References

Definition

Furrer Heinz (Ed.) (1985) : Field workshop on Triassic and Jurassic sediments in the Eastern Alps of Switzerland. Mitt. geol. Inst. ETH und Univ. Zürich (N.F.) 248, 81 S.

A large, possible complex body of basement rocks. Where Languard sediments are absent, the distinction between Languard and Campo basement is difficult.