Internal Folded Jura
Back to Detached North Alpine ForelandRepresentation and status
- Color RGB
- R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
- Rank
- tectonic
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Interner Faltenjura
- Français
- Jura Plissé Interne
- Italiano
- Giura a Pieghe Interno
- English
- Internal Folded Jura
- Origin of the Name
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Partie interne (la plus proche des Alpes) du Jura plissé, formant les plus hauts sommets de la chaîne jurassienne.
- Historical Variants
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Jura interne = Haute-Chaîne (Sommaruga 1997), Faltenjura = Internal Jura Mountains = Haute Chaîne (Ursprung 2022), Internal Folded Jura (Gouffon et al. 2024)
Description
- Description
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Relief tectonique (fold-and-thrust belt) formé par une couverture sédimentaire méso-cénozoïque allochthone, chevauchée et plissée sur l'avant-pays nord-alpin.
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Haute-Chaîne jurassienne (Crêt de la Neige, Risoux, Mont Tendre, ...)
References
- Definition
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(2024) :
Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern
p.26: The Internal Folded Jura represents the most intensely deformed part of the Detached North Alpine Foreland. In a similar manner to the whole Jura Mountains, it forms a prominent arcuate chain in eastern France and northwestern Switzerland.