Schistes Lustrés in a hyper-extended continental margin setting and reinterpretation of the limit between the Mont Fort and Tsaté nappes (Middle and Upper Penninics, Western Swiss Alps)

Abstract The Schistes Lustrés form a large and complex unit at the top of the Penninic nappe stack of the Alpine belt. Calcschists, partly of Late Cretaceous age, constitute the dominant lithology. They are closely associated both with blueschist facies Piemont-Ligurian ophiolites and continent-deri...

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Main Authors: Adrien Pantet, Jean-Luc Epard, Henri Masson, Claudia Baumgartner-Mora, Peter Oliver Baumgartner, Lukas Baumgartner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-03-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Geosciences
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-022-00429-6