The Briançonnais zone or Briançonnais terrane is a piece of continental crust found in the Penninic nappes of the Alps. According to some paleogeographic...
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Composite Terrane West Tasmanian Terrane Europe Alkapeca Armorican terrane Avalonia Avalon Composite Terrane Balearic Terrane Briançonnais Terrane Central...
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Paleocene, the Briançonnais microcontinent, according to some a piece of the Iberian plate, arrived at the subduction zone. The Briançonnais microcontinent...
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Outline of plate tectonics (section Terranes)
Armorican terrane – Microcontinent or group of continental fragments rifted away from Gondwana Avalonia – Microcontinent in the Paleozoic era Briançonnais zone –...
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together with a piece of Iberian continental crust (called the Briançonnais terrane), subducted beneath the Apulian plate, a part of the African tectonic...
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Examples of Briançonnais terranes are the Saint Bernard and Monte Rosa nappes; the Monte Rosa and the Mischabelhörner are formed by hard Briançonnais gneisses...
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Ivrea zone (category Terranes)
The Ivrea zone is a tectonic terrane in the Italian Alps, that consists of a steeply dipping piece of the Earth’s lower crust of the Apulian plate. The...
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microcontinent Iberia, Corsica, Sardinia, the Balearic Islands, the Briançonnais zone of the Penninic nappes of the Alps, and the portion of Morocco north...
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The basement of the Briançonnais microcontinent crop out at Gran Paradiso, Dora Maira, Ambine, Vanoise and Ruitor. The Briançonnais cover sequences crop...
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Rhône-Simplon line Sesia unit Paleogeographic terminology Valais Ocean Briançonnais zone Piemont-Liguria Ocean Apulian or Adriatic plate Alps portal Geology...
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Rhône-Simplon line Sesia unit Paleogeographic terminology Valais Ocean Briançonnais zone Piemont-Liguria Ocean Apulian or Adriatic plate Alps portal Geology...
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Sesia nappe, also called the Sesia-Dent Blanche unit is a tectonic unit or terrane in the Swiss and Italian Alps. The zone crops out in the Pennine Alps and...
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domain called the Oravicum, which is geometrically equivalent to the Briançonnais microcontinent in the Western and Central Alps. Reconstruction of the...
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