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On geologic maps the
Engadine window has an onion shell appearance. From outside to inside, or from highest to lowest in the nappe stack, the following units are distinguished:
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Waibel, A.F.; Frisch, W. (30 April 1989). "The Lower
Engadine Window: sediment deposition and accretion in relation to the plate-tectonic evolution of the Eastern Alps".
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Schmid, Stefan M.; FĂĽgenschuh, Bernhard; Kissling, Eduard; Schuster, Ralf (30 April 2004).
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The rocks cropping out in the
Engadin window are weakly metamorphosed sediments of middle
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Overview of the
Engadin window and the surrounding austroalpine units.
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units similar to the rocks that make up large portions of the
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is the largest one and lies east of the
Engadin window. The
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Exposure of penninic rock lying below the austroalpine rocks
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From a geographic perspective the window stretches from
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443:is the smallest one. The
223:Apulian or Adriatic Plate
382:microcontinent, and the
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419:Other tectonic windows
304:units lying below the
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384:Piemont-Liguria Ocean
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218:Piemont-Liguria Ocean
109:Geological structures
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298:Lower Engadin window
162:Penninic thrustfront
52:Tectonic subdivision
606:Geology of the Alps
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524:1989Tectp.162..229W
487:2004SwJG...97...93S
122:Dent Blanche klippe
83:Formation and rocks
70:Austroalpine nappes
34:Geology of the Alps
611:Geology of Austria
587:46.97083; 10.38750
545:Bousquet, Romain.
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248:Geology portal
187:RhĂ´ne-Simplon line
152:Hohe Tauern window
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445:Rechnitzer window
396:blueschist facies
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167:Periadriatic Seam
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372:Switzerland
328:Switzerland
313:nappe stack
137:Flysch zone
600:Categories
573:10°23′15″E
570:46°58′15″N
451:References
441:Vorarlberg
408:Tasna zone
364:turbidites
342:), or the
324:GraubĂĽnden
192:Sesia unit
172:Ivrea zone
388:Paleogene
117:Aarmassif
425:penninic
368:penninic
356:Jurassic
350:Overview
302:penninic
45:The Alps
520:Bibcode
483:Bibcode
340:Austria
332:Landeck
101:molasse
431:. The
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360:Eocene
320:Zernez
310:alpine
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