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Journal: Geology
Published: 01 April 2006
Geology (2006) 34 (4): 317–320.
...Lukas M. Keller; Bernhard Fügenschuh; Maurus Hess; Bernhard Schneider; Stefan M. Schmid Abstract The Neogene Simplon fault zone is commonly either considered as a transfer zone for dextral strike-slip movements during oblique convergence or as a core complex–type normal fault leading to orogen...
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Figure 4. Tectonic model illustrating Neogene <span class="search-highlight">faulting</span> and folding in area ...
Published: 01 April 2006
Figure 4. Tectonic model illustrating Neogene faulting and folding in area of western and central Alps. Eastern area, located between the indenter of the southern Alps and the external massifs, is characterized by backfolding and dextrally transpressive faulting in footwall of Simplon fault zone
Journal Article
Journal: Geology
Published: 01 September 1994
Geology (1994) 22 (9): 803–806.
...Diane Seward; Neil S. Mancktelow Abstract Zircon and apatite fission-track analysis has established the continuation of a zone of rapid change in mineral ages extending from the Simplon fault zone in the Simplon Alps, through the Rhone Valley, and along the southeastern side of the Mont Blanc...
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Figure 1. Tectonic map and models and interpretations of late-stage faultin...
Published: 01 April 2006
Figure 1. Tectonic map and models and interpretations of late-stage faulting along Simplon fault zone (SFZ; see text for references). A: Map of western and central Alps showing major tectonic units (modified after Schmid et al., 2004 ). B: Dextral shearing along Rhone line is transferred via
Journal Article
Published: 01 July 2013
Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France (2013) 184 (4-5): 427–440.
... and morphological data, we accurately locate four seismogenic faults and determine precisely their kinematic from fault-stria data and focal mechanisms. Three roughly NW-SE seismogenic dextral-normal faults were evidenced: the first close to the Simplon fault zone, the second in the middle northern part of the dome...
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Structural map of the architecture of the Lepontine Dome and major tectonic...
Published: 01 July 2013
Fig. 1 Structural map of the architecture of the Lepontine Dome and major tectonic boundaries. Abbreviations are: Ca: Canavese line, Ce: Centovalli line, EL: Engadine line, FL: Forcola fault, IL: Insubric line, MSZ: Maggia Steep Zone, RSL: Rhône-Simplon fault, SFZ: Simplon fault zone, TL: Turba
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Epicentral map for instrumental and historic seismicity within the Lepontin...
Published: 01 July 2013
Fig. 2 Epicentral map for instrumental and historic seismicity within the Lepontine dome. Seismogenic areas examined in the present study are represented by coloured squares or by black stars. Abbreviations are: Ca: Canavese line, Ce: Centovalli line, IL: Insubric line, SFZ: Simplon fault zone.
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Active <span class="search-highlight">faults</span> and current stress determined from the 4 <span class="search-highlight">fault</span> plane solution...
Published: 01 July 2013
line, SFZ: Simplon fault zone. Uplift rate during 50 years determined along a roughly N-S profile (grey dotted line in the map) is given to the right [ Schaer and Jeanrichard, 1974 ].
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Figure 2. Map showing location of major backfolds, orientation of planar an...
Published: 01 April 2006
Figure 2. Map showing location of major backfolds, orientation of planar and linear fabric elements divided into subareas (I, II, and III), and staurolite (St) mineral zone boundary adjacent to Simplon fault zone (SFZ; see Fig. 1 for legend of tectonic units). CFZ—Centovalli fault zone. Lower
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Geological framework of this study.
 a) Structural sketch of the Western an...
Published: 01 July 2006
: Dora Maira; GP: Gran Paradiso; L: Lepontine dome; MoB: molasse basin; MB: Mont Blanc; PZ: Piemont Schistes lustrés; P: Pelvoux; PRN: prealpine nappes; RFZ: Rhône fault zone; SFZ: Simplon fault zone; V: Vanoise.
 b): Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of the Savoie area and location of the main massifs
Series: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Published: 01 January 2012
DOI: 10.1144/SP367.13
EISBN: 9781862396159
... the nucleation of faults in addition to their subsequent activity. Considering three natural examples from the Alps (the Simplon, Brenner and Sprechenstein-Mules fault zones) and a review of laboratory tests on anisotropic rocks, we apply anisotropic slip tendency analysis and show that misoriented weak faults...
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Journal: Geology
Published: 01 January 2001
Geology (2001) 29 (1): 35–38.
... thermal modelling of normal faulting: The Simplon fault zone, Central Alps, Switzerland : Tectonophysics , v. 225 , p. 155 – 165 . Hunziker , J.C. , Desmond , J. , and Hurford , A.J. , 1992 , Thirty-two years of geochronological work in the Central and Western Alps: A review...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 August 1987
Journal of the Geological Society (1987) 144 (4): 675–678.
... provide a means of determining the temperature of deformation and perhaps more fundamentally the dislocation mechanics which govern the rheology of a rock under geological conditions. Standard and streaked quartz textures from the Simplon Fault Zone: optical, ODF and TEM comparisons N. Mancktelow & D. L...
Journal Article
Published: 01 May 2010
Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France (2010) 181 (3): 227–241.
... of the normal movement along the Simplon fault to the North. Thus, all the external crystalline massifs were tectonically active during the late Miocene. This suggests that tectonic events in the external alpine belt may have contributed to some extent to the geodynamical causes of the Messinian crisis. 22...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 March 2004
The Journal of Geology (2004) 112 (2): 145–164.
... and garnet. The intermediate structural level, widely exposed in the Western Alps from the Simplon Fault to the Sestri-Voltaggio Zone, consists of high-pressure nappes retrogressed to greenschist facies. Detritus includes medium-rank metasedimentary lithic grains from cover units, quartz and feldspars from...
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Journal: Geology
Published: 01 October 1992
Geology (1992) 20 (10): 943–946.
... propose that this northeast-trending deformation includes (1) southwest-directed normal-fault movement along the Simplon line; (2) a diffuse zone of northeast-striking dextral strike-slip deformation along the Rhône Valley in Switzerland, between the Mont Blanc and Aiguilles Rouges massifs, and through...
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Relationships between Alpine geology and detrital modes, rank of lithic gra...
Published: 01 March 2004
decrease east of the Sestri-Voltaggio Zone ( SVZ ). MI remains relatively high in the Western Alps and increases sharply east of the Simplon Fault ( SF ). The hornblende color index ( HCI ) increases eastward within the Lepontine Dome. P F = Penninic Front; I L = Insubric (Canavese
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Schematic tectonic sketches showing two hypothetical steps of the post-Olig...
Published: 01 June 2012
shear zone; PT: Penninic Thrust Front; PZ: Piemonte Zone; SA: South-Alpine Units; SAT: South-Alpine Thrust; SF: Simplon Fault; SZ: Sesia-Lanzo Zone; TF: Transverse Faults.
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Journal: Geology
Published: 01 December 2013
Geology (2013) 41 (12): 1219–1222.
.... These shortening estimates do not take into account orogen-parallel extension, which was mainly accommodated along the Simplon fault ( Fig. 2C ; e.g., Steck, 1984 ) nor distributed thickening of the entire nappe pile. Therefore, the amounts of shortening inferred below represent a minimum estimate only...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 October 2003
The Canadian Mineralogist (2003) 41 (5): 1281–1292.
... Penninic unit, and is bounded to the southwest by the Simplon Line (Simplon Fault Zone), and on all other sides by the Monte Leone nappe, structurally the next lowest Lepontine nappe ( Fig. 1 ). The crystalline basement rocks of the Berisal Complex consist of orthogneisses, garnet – biotite – muscovite...
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