Definition of Penninic. Meaning of Penninic. Synonyms of Penninic

- The Penninic nappes or the Pennini****, commonly abbreviated as Penninic, are one of three nappe stacks and geological zones in which the Alps can be divided...
- The Penninic thrustfront is a major tectonic thrustfront in the French Alps. The thrustfront moves over a developing decollement horizon, and separates...
- palaeogeographic "domains" are found: the Helvetic or Dauphinois, the Penninic and the Austroalpine domains. This subdivision is made according to the...
- tectonic windows of the eastern Alps and are mapped as the so-called "north Penninic" nappes. After the breakup of Pangaea in the early Mesozoic age, the continents...
- from the European and African continent respectively. The rocks of the Penninic nappes belong to the former area of the Briançonnais microcontinent and...
- Austroalpine nappes where high-grade metamorphic rocks of the underlying Penninic nappes crop out. The structure is caused by a large dome-like antiform...
- name for schistose rocks that form a number of geologic formations in the Penninic nappes of the Alps. Bündner schists were originally marine sediments that...
- The Alps and the Bohemian M****if were affected by the orogeny. The Sub-Penninic and Moldanubian superunits were deeply buried within the new range (granulites...
- Dent Blanche nappe, lying over ophiolites and sedimentary rocks of the Penninic nappes. The mountain's current shape is the result of cirque erosion due...
- the Pennine Alps. The nappe is tectonostratigraphically on top of the Penninic nappes and by most researchers seen as Austroalpine. The nappe is named...