Mezzaun-Schuppe
Back to Mezzaun SliceRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
- Rank
- tectonic slice
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Mezzaun-Schuppe
- Français
- Écaille du Mezzaun
- Italiano
- Scaglia del Mezzaun
- English
- Mezzaun Slice
- Origin of the Name
- Historical Variants
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Mesozoikum des P. Mezaun (Spitz 1917), mesozoische Serie des Piz Mezzaun (Roesli 1927), --- (Schüpbach 1976, Furger 1985, Schindler 1987, Bernina-äquivalente Einheiten = Mezzaun (Spillmann 1993), Mezzaun-Schuppe (Furrer et al. 2015), Mezzaun-Serien, Mezzaun Slice (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Upper boundary
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Ela-Decke bzw. Languard-Decke
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Südöstlich des Inns (und der Engain-Störung): Val Chamuera.
Palaenography and tectonic
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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Mezzaun
:
= Müsella-Schuppe = Corn-Kristallin
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Mezzaun
:
- Kind of protolith
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- tectonic
References
- Definition
- (1927) : Zur Geologie der Murtirölgruppe bei Zuoz (Engadin). Jb. Phil Fak. II, Univ. Bern 7, 140-156
- Definition
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(2024) :
Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern
p.87: The Mezzaun Slice crops out southeast of the Engadine Fault around the Piz Mezzaun. It is composed of a Mesozoic sequence considered as part of the Bernina Nappe Complex (Froitzheim et al. 1994, Furrer et al. 2015). This slice is downfaulted by the Late Cretaceous Mezzaun Normal Fault in respect to the domal structure of the Murtiröl Slice (Err Nappe Complex) forming the footwall of this fault. It is overthrust by the Müsella Slice.
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Corn-Element
- Name Origin
- Rank
- tectonic unit
- Status
- local name (informal)
- In short
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Schmaler mesozoischer Sedimentkeil im Dach der Mezzaun-Schuppe.
- Age
- Permian
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Corn-Kristallin
- Name Origin
- Rank
- tectonically bounded lithostratigraphic unit
- Status
- obsolete term (disused)
- Valid term
- Muesella-Schuppe
- In short
- Äquivalent der kristalline Müsella-Schuppe.
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«Obere Mezzaun-Serie»
- Rank
- tectonically bounded lithostratigraphic unit
- Status
- incorrect name (though informally used)
- In short
-
... in verkerte Lagerung.
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«Mittlere Mezzau-Serie»
- Rank
- tectonically bounded lithostratigraphic unit
- Status
- incorrect name (though informally used)
- In short
-
Normalliegende Hauptmasse der Mezzaun-Schuppe.
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«Untere Mezzaun-Serie»
- Rank
- tectonically bounded lithostratigraphic unit
- Status
- incorrect name (though informally used)
- In short
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... in verkehrte Lagerung.