Engadiner Störung
Representation and status
- Index
- EL
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 250 G: 50 B: 50
- Rank
- tectonic
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Engadiner Störung
- Français
- faille de l'Engadine
- Italiano
- faglia dell'Engiadina
- English
- Engadine fault
- Origin of the Name
- Historical Variants
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--- (Rothpletz 1905, Gansser 1962, Gansser & Gyr 1964), Engadiner Störung = Stragliavita-Linie (Trümpy 1972), Engadine Line (Trümpy 1977), Engadiner Linie (Medwenitsch 1962, Mützenberg 1986, Spillmann 1993, TK500), faille de l'Engadine (Bousquet 1998), Engadiner Lineament (Gruber et al. 2010), Engadiner Störung (Furrer et al. 2015), Engadine fault = Engadin-Störung = faille de l'Engadine (TK500)
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
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cf. Schmid & Froitzheim 1993, Schmid & Haas 1989
Description
- Description
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sinistral + Hebung des SE-Blockes bei Maloja (Mützenberg 1986, Liniger & Guntli 1988) ; sinistral + Blockrotation (Liniger 1992, Schmid & Froitzheim 1993)
- Geomorphology
- Meist von quartären Sedimenten bedeckt.
Age
- Age at top
-
- Tertiary
- Age at base
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- Tertiary
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Von Chiavenna bis Innsbruck (Trümpy 1977): Bergell-Nordrand, Oberengadin (Malojapass, St. Moritz, Zernez, Stragliavitapass), Unterengadin (Ardez, Prutz, Imst), Inntal.