Obere Stalden-Decke

Représentation et statut

Index
OS
Couleur CMYK
N/A
Couleur RGB
R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
Rang
zone tectonique
Usage
Ce terme est en usage.
Status
valide
Discussion du statut

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Obere Stalden-Decke
Français
Nappe de Stalden supérieure
Italiano
Falda di Stalden superiore
English
Upper Stalden Nappe
Origine du nom

Stalden (VS)

Variantes historiques

Zone de Stalden supérieure (Bearth 1963, Jeanbourquin & Burri 1989), Oberer Staldener Lappen (Bearth 1973, Müller 1983), zone de Stalden supérieure (Ackermann et al. 1991), Obere Stalden-Zone (Sartori et al. 2017), Upper Stalden Nappe (TK500, Gouffon et al. 2024)

Description

Description

Einheit aus mindestens teilweise polymetamorphen Gneisen, die sich gegen Süden weiter ausdehnt (cf. Ruitor und/oder Berisal).

Paléogéographie et tectonique

Termes génériques
Type de protolithe
  • tectonique

Références

Révision
Gouffon Yves (Editor) (2024) : Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern

p.64: In the upper Valais region, between Visp and the Simplonpass, the Upper Stalden Nappe is similar in structural position to the Ruitor Nappe – between the Zone Houillère and the Siviez-Mischabel Nappe – and is composed of a crystalline basement identical to that of this nappe, but without sedimentary cover. However, Genier et al. (2008) interpreted the Permian contact of the lower limb of the St. Niklaus syncline (§ 6.2.2.3) as autochthonous and thus linked the Upper Stalden Nappe to the lower part of the Siviez-Mischabel Nappe through that fold. 
Escher (1988) grouped the Ruitor and Upper Stalden nappes with a “Pontis Slice” (south of Sierre, comprising mainly Triassic limestones) under the name of “Pontis Nappe”. It turns out that this “Pontis Slice” belongs to the Zone Houillère, so the term “Pontis Nappe” has to be abandoned (Sartori et al. 2006).

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