Äussere Einsiedeln-Schuppenzone
Representation and status
- Index
- AESZ
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
- Rank
- tectonic slice
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Äussere Einsiedeln-Schuppenzone
- Français
- Zone d'écailles externe d'Einsiedeln
- Italiano
- Zona di scaglie esterna di Einsiedeln
- English
- External Einsiedeln Slices
- Origin of the Name
- Historical Variants
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Zone A = Zone des Einsiedler Flysches s.s. = Region von Steinbach-Euthal (Jeannet et al. 1935), Äussere Einsiedler Schuppenzone (Frei 1963, Lienert et al. 2003, Letsch & Kiefer 2017), Äussere Einsiedler Schuppen-Zone = AESZ (Müller 1971), = Outer Imbricated Zone of Einsiedeln (Kuhn 1972), External Einsiedeln Slices (Gouffon et al. 2024)
Description
- Description
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Nördliche, alpenferne Schuppenzone: Amden-Fm., "Nummulitenkalk", "Glaukonit-Sandstein", Stad-Fm., Burg-Sandstein
Age
- Age at top
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- Priabonian
- Age at base
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- Late Cretaceous
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Sihlsee, beidseits des Steinbach-Viadukts: Euthal-Sattelchöpfli, sowie Steinbach-Hummel.
- Point of interest
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Sihlsee (SZ)
Coordinates- (2702900 / 1217290)
- Steinbach-Viadukt (Kuhn 1972, Lienert et al. 2003)
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Sihlsee (SZ)
References
- Definition
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(2024) :
Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern
p.37: Between the Vierwaldstättersee and the Walensee, [the Subalpine Flysch Zone] presents characteristic slices that consist in a sequence of Cretaceous and Paleogene sediments; they are defined as External Einsiedeln Slices.