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Structural evolution of the contact between two Penninic nappes (Zermatt-Saas zone and Combin zone, Western Alps) and implications for the exhumation mechanism and palaeogeography

Pleuger, J. ; Roller, S. ; Walter, J. M. ; Jansen, E. ; Froitzheim, N. (2007)
Structural evolution of the contact between two Penninic nappes (Zermatt-Saas zone and Combin zone, Western Alps) and implications for the exhumation mechanism and palaeogeography.
In: International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geologische Rundschau), 96 (2)
doi: 10.1007/s00531-006-0106-6
Artikel, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

The boundary zone between two Penninic nappes, the eclogite-facies to ultrahigh-pressure Zermatt-Saas zone in the footwall and the blueschist-facies Combin zone in the hanging wall, has been interpreted previously as a major normal fault reflecting synorogenic crustal extension. Quartz textures of mylonites from this fault were measured using neutron diffraction. Together with structural field observations, the data allow a refined reconstruction of the kinematic evolution of the Pennine nappes. The main results are: (1) the contact is not a normal fault but a major thrust towards northwest which was only later overprinted by southeast-directed normal faulting; (2) exhumation of the footwall rocks did not occur during crustal extension but during crustal shortening; (3) the Sesia-Dent Blanche nappe system originated from a continental fragment (Cervinia) in the Alpine Tethys ocean, and the Combin zone ophiolites from the ocean basin southeast of Cervinia; (4) out-of-sequence thrusting played a major role in the tectonic evolution of the Penninic nappes.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2007
Autor(en): Pleuger, J. ; Roller, S. ; Walter, J. M. ; Jansen, E. ; Froitzheim, N.
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Structural evolution of the contact between two Penninic nappes (Zermatt-Saas zone and Combin zone, Western Alps) and implications for the exhumation mechanism and palaeogeography
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: April 2007
Verlag: SpringerLink
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geologische Rundschau)
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 96
(Heft-)Nummer: 2
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-006-0106-6
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

The boundary zone between two Penninic nappes, the eclogite-facies to ultrahigh-pressure Zermatt-Saas zone in the footwall and the blueschist-facies Combin zone in the hanging wall, has been interpreted previously as a major normal fault reflecting synorogenic crustal extension. Quartz textures of mylonites from this fault were measured using neutron diffraction. Together with structural field observations, the data allow a refined reconstruction of the kinematic evolution of the Pennine nappes. The main results are: (1) the contact is not a normal fault but a major thrust towards northwest which was only later overprinted by southeast-directed normal faulting; (2) exhumation of the footwall rocks did not occur during crustal extension but during crustal shortening; (3) the Sesia-Dent Blanche nappe system originated from a continental fragment (Cervinia) in the Alpine Tethys ocean, and the Combin zone ophiolites from the ocean basin southeast of Cervinia; (4) out-of-sequence thrusting played a major role in the tectonic evolution of the Penninic nappes.

Freie Schlagworte: Alps Tectonics Exhumation Palaeogeography Quartz Texture
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Published online: 12 July 2006 An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00531-007-0197-8 (Vol.96/6, pp. 1211-1212)

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