Faciès (central) porphyrique du Granite du Mont-Blanc

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,40%,57%,8%)
Color RGB
R: 235 G: 140 B: 100
Rank
petrographic facies
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Porphyrische Zentralfazies des Mont-Blanc-Granits
Français
Faciès (central) porphyrique du Granite du Mont-Blanc
Italiano
Facies centrale porfirico del Granito del Monte Bianco
English
Central porphyric facies of the Mont-Blanc Granite
Origin of the Name

Faciès porphyrique développé au coeur du massif intrusif.

Historical Variants

porphyroïde, pegmatoïde (Mrazec 1892, Duparc 1897), culot protoginique (Corbin & Oulianoff 1931), granite à grain grossier et forte tendance à la structure porphyrique (Corbin & Oulianoff 1935), faciès central à grain grossier (von Raumer 1976), coeur porphyrique (protogine) (Marro 1986), granite central du Mont Blanc

Geography

Geographical extent
Partie centrale du Massif du Mont Blanc.
Type locality
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