Prüsfa-Gneiskomplex
Back to Gotthard NappeRepresentation and status
- Index
- p-Pr
- Color CMYK
- (12%,0%,15%,35%)
- Color RGB
- R: 145 G: 165 B: 140
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Prüsfa-Gneiskomplex
- Français
- Complexe gneissique de Prüsfa
- Italiano
- Complesso gneissico di Prüsfa
- English
- Prüsfa Gneiss Complex
- Origin of the Name
- Historical Variants
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Paragneise und Schiefer am Südrand der Gotthard-Decke (Vögeli et al. 2013), Prüsfa Gneiss Complex (Berger et al. 2017)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Upper boundary
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Retico-Störung > Scopi-Zone
Age
- Age at top
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- Paleozoic
- Age at base
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- Paleozoic
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Südrand des Gotthardgebirgmassivs.
References
- Definition
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(2017) :
Geological Map of the Aar Massif, Tavetsch and Gotthard Nappes. Geological Special Map 1:100'000, Explanatory Notes 129
p.69: The “Paragneis am Südrand des Gotthard-Massivs” of VÖGELI et al.(2013) has been renamed on the present map sheet as Prüsfa Gneiss Complex. It consists of a garnet-bearing mica gneiss alternating with a more leucocratic gneiss, quartzite and metarhyolite. Locally some layers of “Hornblendegarbenschiefer” occ