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    of this type form smaller units, such as the Hallstatt nappe in the Austroalpine nappes of the Alps. Nappes are generally considered as compressional structures...
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    origin. The bottom nappe structure is of continental European origin, above which are stacked marine sediment nappes, topped off by nappes derived from the...
    104 KB (12,127 words) - 12:38, 22 August 2024
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    after closure of the Meliata-Hallstatt ocean. The Melaticum usually occurs in tectonic windows within the Silica Nappe (e.g., at type locality near Meliata...
    19 KB (2,562 words) - 12:03, 29 June 2024
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    from the Nordic Bronze Age, but there were strong influences from the Hallstatt culture in Central Europe. They continued with the Urnfield culture tradition...
    64 KB (7,949 words) - 09:05, 15 August 2024
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    variations. It belongs to the tectonostratigraphical unit Austroalpine nappes. The carbonate rock of the formation is from the Middle Triassic epoch of...
    18 KB (1,369 words) - 04:25, 17 July 2024
  • although sections of orogenic rock were thrust onto the Helvetic Shelf. Nappes in the South Alpine Superunit formed as the unstable Adriatic Plate shifted...
    14 KB (1,990 words) - 09:00, 14 July 2024