Schwarzhorn-Amphibolit
Back to Rothorn-Schwarzhorn Nappe ComplexRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- (49%,0%,37%,31%)
- Color RGB
- R: 90 G: 175 B: 110
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Schwarzhorn-Amphibolit
- Français
- Amphibolite du Schwarzhorn
- Italiano
- Anfibolite dello Schwarzhorn
- English
- Schwarzhorn Amphibolite
- Origin of the Name
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Schwarzhorn (Österreich), Tilisuna
- Historical Variants
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Dioritmassiv Schwarzhorn-Seehorn (von Seidlitz 1906), Schwarzhorn-Amphibolit (Burger 1978, Biehler 1990), metadiorite of the Schwarzhorn slice (Nagel 2006), Schwarzhorn Amphibolite (Nilius et al. 2016)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Upper boundary
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Unmetamorphe frühtriassische Sandsteine (unconformity).
Age
- Age at top
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- Early Cambrian
- Age at base
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- Early Cambrian
- Dating Method
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529 +9/-8 Ma (LA-ICP-MS U/Pb auf Zirkon ; Nilius et al. 2016).
Geography
- Geographical extent
- 4x1 km Schuppe am Schwarzhorn (östlicher Rätikon, Österreich).
- Type area
- Östlicher Rätikon (Österreich)
Palaenography and tectonic
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- plutonic
- Metamorphism
- polycyclic
- Metamorphic facies
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- amphibolite facies