thrusts intra-nappe double up australpine mesozoic cover (Ortles nappe) Rhetic Alps
Corne del Palone mount thrusts intra-nappe thrusts double up australpine mesozoic cover (Ortles nappe) made of “Fraele formation” + “Dolomia del Cristallo formation” (Triassic), just under regional importance thrust (Alpisella Line), at the top of Corne del Palone mount, where Ortles nappe is overthrusted by “Dolomia dello Stelvio” belonging to Quattervals nappe, australpine domain. Southern slopes of Corne…
Corne del Palone mount thrusts intra-nappe thrusts double up australpine mesozoic cover (Ortles nappe) made of “Fraele formation” + “Dolomia del Cristallo formation” (Triassic), just under regional importance thrust (Alpisella Line), at the top of Corne del Palone mount, where Ortles nappe is overthrusted by “Dolomia dello Stelvio” belonging to Quattervals nappe, australpine domain. Southern slopes of Corne del Palone mount, towards Stelvio Pass,Braulio Valley, high eastern Valtellina, Rhetic Alps, Lombardy.
(Photo by Lorusso Angelo)
