- The
Penninic nappes or the Pennini****,
commonly abbreviated as
Penninic, are one of
three nappe stacks and
geological zones in
which the Alps can be divided...
-
palaeogeographic "domains" are found: the
Helvetic or Dauphinois, the
Penninic and the
Austroalpine domains. This
subdivision is made
according to the...
- The
Penninic thrustfront is a
major tectonic thrustfront in the
French Alps. The
thrustfront moves over a
developing decollement horizon, and separates...
- from the
European and
African continent respectively. The
rocks of the
Penninic nappes belong to the
former area of the Briançonnais
microcontinent and...
- Corsica, Sardinia, the
Balearic Islands, the Briançonnais zone of the
Penninic nappes of the Alps, and the
portion of
Morocco north of the High Atlas...
- The
Monte Rosa
Nappe lies
below the Zermatt-Saas zone and is part of the
Penninic nappes in the Briançonnais
microcontinent zone,
although its paleographic...
- Dent
Blanche nappe,
lying over
ophiolites and
sedimentary rocks of the
Penninic nappes. The mountain's
current shape is the
result of
cirque erosion due...
- name for
schistose rocks that form a
number of
geologic formations in the
Penninic nappes of the Alps. Bündner
schists were
originally marine sediments that...
-
experienced lower-grade metamorphism,
which distinguishes them
clearly from the
Penninic nappes on
which they rest. The
Austroalpine nappes are
fragments of the...
- is
opened during the
summer months only.
Geologically the
Mythen is a
penninic Klippe. The name is
pronounced [ˈmiːtən]; it is in
origin the
plural referring...
