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The Lepontine dome or Lepontin dome is a region of tectonic uplift in the Swiss part of the Alps.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 21 relations: Alps, Austroalpine nappes, Eastern Alps, Engadin window, Erosion, Extensional tectonics, Geology of the Alps, Glarus Alps, Helvetic nappes, Hohe Tauern window, Lepontine Alps, Miocene, Nappe, Penninic, Periadriatic Seam, Sesia zone, Slab detachment, Switzerland, Tectonic uplift, University of Bremen, Upper mantle.

  2. Geology of Switzerland

Alps

The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.

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Austroalpine nappes

The Austroalpine nappes are a geological nappe stack in the European Alps. Lepontin dome and Austroalpine nappes are geology of Switzerland and geology of the Alps.

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Eastern Alps

The Eastern Alps are usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley, up to the Splügen Pass at the Alpine divide, and down the Liro River to Lake Como in the south.

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Engadin window

The Engadin window or (Lower Engadin window) is a tectonic window that exposes penninic units lying below the austroalpine units in the alpine nappe stack. Lepontin dome and Engadin window are geology of Switzerland and geology of the Alps.

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Erosion

Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.

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Extensional tectonics

Extensional tectonics is concerned with the structures formed by, and the tectonic processes associated with, the stretching of a planetary body's crust or lithosphere.

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Geology of the Alps

The Alps form part of a Cenozoic orogenic belt of mountain chains, called the Alpide belt, that stretches through southern Europe and Asia from the Atlantic all the way to the Himalayas.

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Glarus Alps

The Glarus Alps (Glarner Alpen) are a mountain range in central Switzerland.

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Helvetic nappes

The Helvetic nappes (Helvetische Decken) are a series of nappes in the Northern part of the Alps and part of the Helvetic zone. Lepontin dome and Helvetic nappes are geology of the Alps.

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Hohe Tauern window

The Hohe Tauern window is a geological structure in the Austrian Central Eastern Alps. Lepontin dome and Hohe Tauern window are geology of the Alps.

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Lepontine Alps

The Lepontine Alps (Lepontinische Alpen, Alpes lépontines, Alpi Lepontine) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the Alps.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Nappe

In geology, a nappe or thrust sheet is a large sheetlike body of rock that has been moved more than or above a thrust fault from its original position.

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Penninic

The Penninic nappes or the Penninicum, commonly abbreviated as Penninic, are one of three nappe stacks and geological zones in which the Alps can be divided. Lepontin dome and Penninic are geology of Switzerland and geology of the Alps.

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Periadriatic Seam

The Periadriatic Seam (or fault) is a distinct geologic fault in Southern Europe, running S-shaped about from the Tyrrhenian Sea through the whole Southern Alps as far as Hungary. Lepontin dome and Periadriatic Seam are geology of Switzerland and geology of the Alps.

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Sesia zone

The Sesia unit or Sesia nappe, also called the Sesia-Dent Blanche unit is a tectonic unit or terrane in the Swiss and Italian Alps. Lepontin dome and Sesia zone are geology of Switzerland and geology of the Alps.

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Slab detachment

In plate tectonics, slab detachment or slab break-off may occur during continent-continent or arc-continent collisions.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.

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Tectonic uplift

Tectonic uplift is the geologic uplift of Earth's surface that is attributed to plate tectonics.

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University of Bremen

The University of Bremen (Universität Bremen) is a public university in Bremen, Germany, with approximately 23,500 people from 115 countries.

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Upper mantle

The upper mantle of Earth is a very thick layer of rock inside the planet, which begins just beneath the crust (at about under the oceans and about under the continents) and ends at the top of the lower mantle at.

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See also

Geology of Switzerland

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepontin_dome