Schneeberg-Komplex
Back to Ötztal Nappe ComplexRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
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- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Schneeberg-Komplex
- Français
- Complexe du Schneeberg
- Italiano
- Complesso dello Schneeberg
- English
- Schneeberg Complex
- Historical Variants
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Schneeberger Zug (Schmid 1973), Schneeberg complex (Ebner et al. 1987), Schneeberg synform = Schneeberg complex = Schneeberg metasediments (Hoinkes & Thöni 1993)
Description
- Description
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complicated E-W trending synclinorium of mainly metapelites, metacarbonates, metamarls and amphibolites which are deeply folded into the quarzofeldspatic basement rocks
Age
- Age at top
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- Devonian
- Age at base
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- Silurian
- Dating Method
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760 Ma (Sm/Nd-model age: Hoinkes & Thöni 1993)