Geological map of the Scalaro Valley – Sesia Zone (Italian Western Alps)

Regis, Daniele; Venturini, Guido; Engi, Martin (2015). Geological map of the Scalaro Valley – Sesia Zone (Italian Western Alps). Journal of maps, 12(4), pp. 621-629. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/17445647.2015.1060182

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In the Sesia Zone (Italian Western Alps), slivers of continental crust characterised by an Alpine high-pressure imprint are intermingled with abundant mafic rocks and Mesozoic metasediments. An extensive study of the central Sesia Zone was undertaken to identify and reconstruct the lithological setting of the mono-cyclic sediments of the Scalaro Unit. A new geological map (1:5000) and schematic cross sections across the Scalaro Unit and the adjoining Eclogitic Micaschist Complex are presented here. In order to delimit the size and shape of the mono-metamorphic unit and understand its internal geometry with respect to the poly-metamorphic basement, an integrated approach was used. Linking observations and data across a range of scales, from kilometres in the field down to petrological and chronological data obtained at micrometre scale, we define for the first time the real size and internal geometry of the Scalaro Unit, as well as its large-scale structural context.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geological Sciences

UniBE Contributor:

Regis, Daniele, Engi, Martin

Subjects:

500 Science > 550 Earth sciences & geology

ISSN:

1744-5647

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Funders:

[4] Swiss National Science Foundation

Language:

English

Submitter:

Martin Engi

Date Deposited:

18 Aug 2015 11:41

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:48

Publisher DOI:

10.1080/17445647.2015.1060182

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.70833

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/70833

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