Sprüssel Anticline

Representation and status

Rank

tectonic

Validity

Unit is not in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Sprüssel-Antiklinale

English

Sprüssel Anticline

Origin of the Name

Sprüssel (BL)

Historical Variants

Sprüssel Anticline (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Jura :
  Juragebirge

Kind of protolith

• tectonic

Metamorphism

non metamorphic

References

Definition

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

p.25: However, [the frontal fold belts] can be traced as far as the Hauenstein Base Tunnel north of Olten (Sprüssel Anticline).