Fiseten–Orthalden-Schuppen

Representation and status

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
Fiseten–Orthalden-Schuppen
Français
Écailles de Fiseten–Orthalden
Italiano
Scaglie Fiseten–Orthalden
English
Fiseten–Orthalden Slices
Historical Variants

Fiseten-Orthalden-Schuppen (Hantke et al. 2019), Fiseten–Orthalden Slices (Gouffon et al. 2024)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Palaenography and tectonic

Kind of protolith
  • tectonic

References

Definition
Gouffon Yves (Editor) (2024) : Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern

p.36: In the Klausenpass region, several small units are wedged between the sedimentary series of the Aar massif and the Axen Thrust. These are the Kammlistock and Griessstock nappes, the Clariden Slice Complex and the Fiseten-Orthalden Slices. The sediments of all these units are Late Jurassic to Paleogene in age and were deposited further south than the autochthonous-parautochthonous sediments of the Aar Massif, but still in the North Helvetic realm.
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