Falda dello Scopi
Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
- Rank
- tectonic zone
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Scopi-Decke
- Français
- Nappe du Scopi
- Italiano
- Falda dello Scopi
- English
- Scopi Nappe
- Origin of the Name
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Pizzo Scopi (GR), ENE Passo del Lucomagno
- Historical Variants
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Scopimulde (Huber 1943), Scopi-Zone (Gansser & dal Vesco 1964), Scopì-Mulde (Büchi & Trümpy 1976, Niggli et al. 2008), Scopi zone (Frey et al. 1982), Piora-Scopi-Zone = Scopi-Mulde (Niggli et al. 2008), Scopi Zone (Berger et al. 2017), Scopi Nappe = Scopi-Decke (Gouffon et al. 2024)
Description
- Description
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Parautochthone (Baumer 1964, Frey 1967, Jung 1963, Trümpy 1999) oder allochthone (Etter 1987, Pfiffner 2009) mesozoische Sedimentbedeckung des Gotthard-Kristallins.
Wyss & Isler 2011, S.12: Scopi-Zone: Für die einen sind die Sedimente der Scopi-Zone von parautochthoner (Baumer 1964, Frey 1967, Jung 1963, Trümpy 1999), für die andern von allochthoner Natur (Etter 1987, Pfiffner 2009). Damit verbunden ist die Frage, ob weiterhin von einer Scopi-Zone oder besser von einer Scopi-Decke gesprochen werden soll. Auf Blatt Ilanz wird an der althergebrachten Bezeichnung und Zuordnung festgehalten, d. h. die Sedimente der Scopi-Zone werden als parautochthones «gotthardmassivisches» Mesozoikum aufgefasst.
Berger et al. 2017 p.78: The up to 3 km-thick metasedimentary rocks of the Scopi Zone mark the southeastern boundary of the Gotthard Nappe. Discontinuous, thin relics of Mesozoic metasedimentary rocks of the Val Canaria -Lumbrein Zone separate the Scopi Zone from the basement of the Gotthard Nappe. VÖGELI et al.(2013) presented an exhaustive description of the lithostratigraphic relationships within the Scopi Zone. The Scopi Zone is an overturned metasedimentary sequence of Late Triassic (Rhaetian) to Middle Jurassic (Aalenian) age (Fig.14). The Stgir, Inferno and Coroi Formations represent, from old to young, the lithostratigraphic units of the Scopi Zone (ETTER 1987). In spite of the Alpine metamorphic overprint at low amphibolite-facies conditions, relics of fossils permit reconstruction of the stratigraphic relations.
Age
- Age at top
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- Jurassic
- Age at base
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- Triassic
References
- Definition
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(2024) :
Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern
p.39: The Scopi Nappe extends southeast of the Gotthard Nappe between the Passo del Lucomagno and Ilanz. It consists of an overturned sedimentary sequence of Triassic to Middle Jurassic age and of South Helvetic to Ultrahelvetic origin.