Minschun-Brekzie
Back to Falknis nappeRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- (25%,0%,20%,22%)
- Color RGB
- R: 150 G: 200 B: 160
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- local name (informal)
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Minschun-Brekzie
- Français
- Brèche du Piz Minschun
- Italiano
- Breccia del Piz Minschun
- English
- Minschun Breccia
- Origin of the Name
-
Ostflank des Piz Minschun (GR)
- Historical Variants
- Minschunbreccie (Paulcke 1910b, Staub & Cadisch 1920), Polygene Konglomerate (Transgression)
Description
- Description
- Transgressionsbrekzie vs. Reibungsbrekzie ?
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Unterengadiner Fenster.
References
- Definition
- 1910) : Tertiär im Antirhätikon und die Beziehungen der Bündner-Decke zur Niesenflyschdecke und der helvetischen Region. Centralbl. Min., Geol., Pal. 1910, 540 (
- Definition
-
1994) :
Transition from continental to oceanic basement in the Tasna nappe (Engadine window, Graubünden, Switzerland): evidence for Early Cretaceous opening of the Valais ocean. Schweiz. min. petrogr. Mitt. 74/3, 437–448
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p.441: A breccia horizon with clasts of granite occurs locally at the base of the formation.