Breithorn-Zone

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Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 236 G: 234 B: 232
Rank
tectonic zone
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Breithorn-Zone
Français
Zone du Breithorn
Italiano
Zona del Breithorn
English
Breithorn Zone
Historical Variants

Zona Corno de Camoscio - Breithorn (Dal Piaz 1965), Breithorn unit (Ellis et al. 2016)

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof
Units at floor

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • ophiolitic
Metamorphism
metamorphic
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