• «Unità del Lucomagno»

    Origin of the Name

    Passo del Lucomagno (TI)

    Rank
    nappe
    Status
    informal term
    Age
    Precambrian - Mesozoic
    In short

    Upper part of the Leventina-Lucomagno Nappe (Eastern Lepontic) forming a pre-Alpine sedimentary shell above the Leventina orthogneisses (“Leventina Unit”) and further deformed during the Alpine orogeny.

    • zona del (Pizzo) Molare

      Name Origin

      Pizzo Molare (TI)

      Rank
      tectonic zone
      Status
      informal term
      Nomenclatorial Remarks
      <p>Jeannet ----, Alb. Heim 1922</p>
      In short

      Mesozoische Sedimentbedeckung der Lukmanier-Decke: Trias, Bündnerschiefer.

      Age
      Triassic
    • Cristallino di Prato-Cornone

      Name Origin

      Prato-Leventina (TI)

      Rank
      tectonically bounded lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      informal term
      In short

      Cristallino della falda Lucomagno: paragneiss scistoso leuco-mesocratico a grana fine, ricco di quarzo, a plagioclasio, due miche, o a biotite, e granato, con marcata tessitura planare-tabulare.

  • zona del (Pizzo) Molare

    Origin of the Name

    Pizzo Molare (TI)

    Rank
    tectonic zone
    Status
    informal term
    Age
    Triassic - Mesozoic
    In short

    Mesozoische Sedimentbedeckung der Lukmanier-Decke: Trias, Bündnerschiefer.

    Nomenclatorial Remarks

    Jeannet ----, Alb. Heim 1922

  • «Orange-Gneisgruppe»

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    In short

    Gebänderter Granat-führender Glimmergneis und -schiefer der Lukmanier-Decke, mit charakteristichen bräunlich-orangen Witterungsfarbe. Einschaltungen von Orthogneise.

  • «Weisse-Gneisgruppe»

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
  • Lucomagno-Augengneis

    Origin of the Name

    Brenno del Lucomagno (TI) = Valle Santa Maria

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    informal term
  • Brönich-Gneis («Schwarze Gneisgruppe»)

    Origin of the Name

    Felsen oberhalb Brönich (TI), östlich Frodalera

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    local name (informal)
    Age
    Carboniferous
    In short

    Dunkelgrauer Biotit führender Chlorit-Klinozoisit-Disthen-Granat-Serizitschiefer bis -phyllit, sowie Konglomeratlinsen mit Quarzgeröllen, der Lukmanier-Decke.

  • «Grüne Gneisgruppe»

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    In short

    Hornblendereiche Chlorit-Biotitgneise bzw. -Serizitschiefer (ohne Orthogneis-Einlagerungen) der Lukmanier-Decke.

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