Ortogneiss del Moncucco

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,55%,45%,14%)
Color RGB
R: 220 G: 100 B: 120
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Moncucco-Orthogneis
Français
Orthogneiss du Moncucco
Italiano
Ortogneiss del Moncucco
English
Moncucco Orthogneiss
Origin of the Name

Moncucco (Italia)

Historical Variants

Moncucco porphyritic bi-mu-granite-gneiss = granitic gneiss of the Moncucco unit = Moncucco granite gneiss (Steck 2008), Moncucco biotite-muscovite-K-feldspar-oligoclase-gneiss (Steck et al. 2013), Moncucco granite (Steck et al. 2015), Granitgneis des Moncucco (Bl. Saas)

Description

Thickness
Jusqu'à 700 m de large (Steck 2008).

Age

Age at top
  • Guadalupian (= Middle Permian)
Age at base
  • Cisuralian (= Early Permian)
Dating Method

271 +/-4.8 Ma (Rb-Sr Rtot: Bigioggero et al. 1981)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • plutonic
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