Stockhorn-Decke
Back to Stockhorn nappeRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
- Rank
- nappe
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- local name (informal)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Stockhorn-Decke
- Français
- Nappe du Stockhorn
- Italiano
- Falda dello Stockhorn
- English
- Stockhorn Nappe
- Origin of the Name
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Stockhorn (VS), SE Zermatt
- Historical Variants
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Stockhorn-Decke (Robyr 1998), unité du Stockhorn (Steck et al. 1999, Sartori et al. 2006), Stockhorn nappe = Stockhorn unit = Stockhorn basement (Steck et al. 2015), Stockhorn-Einheit, Stockhorn Nappe (TK500, Gouffon et al. 2024)
Description
- Description
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Metagrauwacke, Glimmerschiefer und Metabasite.
References
- Definition
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(2024) :
Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern
p.66: The Stockhorn Nappe is a small unit located on top of the Monte Rosa Nappe and separated from the Zermatt - Saas Fee Nappe by the thin Gornergrat Nappe (§ 6.2.3.3). It is lithologically similar to the Portjengrat Nappe and can thus be correlated
with it.