Strike-slip Fault in Switzerland, Italy and Austria
The Engadine Line is an over 50 kilometres (30 mi) long strike-slip fault in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, which extends into Italy and Austria. It runs along the Engadine Valley (which formed on the fault) and the Bregaglia Valley and offsets Austroalpine and Penninic units in a sinistral direction. The western end of the fault appears to peter out into ductile deformation in the Bregaglia Valley or continues as the Gruf Line to the southwest; the eastern end is buried by the Ötztal tectonic block and may continue as the "Inntal fault", "Isar fault" or "Loisach fault".
Total offset along the Engadine Line is about 4–20 kilometres (2–12 mi), decreasing southwest. It began in the Oligocene, but there is evidence of recent neotectonic activity, which resulted in the collapse of the Maloja Pass area at the beginning of the Holocene. Seismic activity occurs along the Engadine Line, and springs and carbon dioxide exhalations in the Engadine are linked to the fault.
The EngadineLine is an over 50 kilometres (30 mi) long strike-slip fault in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, which extends into Italy and Austria. It...
/ 46.5497; 9.8959 The Engadin or Engadine (Romansh: Engiadina; German: Engadin; Italian: Engadina; French: Engadine) is a long high Alpine valley region...
540 ft) with the spa resort of St. Moritz in Engadine at 1,774 m (5,820 ft). Construction of the Albula line was begun in September 1898, the opening took...
Railway. The actual Engadineline, between Bever and Scuol-Tarasp, was opened on 1 July 1913, and was the first Rhaetian Railway line to be electrified...
mountain pass in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden, linking the Engadine with the Val Bregaglia, still in Switzerland and Chiavenna in Italy. It...
Geological structures Aarmassif Dent Blanche klippe EngadineLineEngadine window Flysch zone Giudicárie line Greywacke zone Hohe Tauern window Molasse basin...
overprint which reached the blueschist facies. On geologic maps the Engadine window has an onion shell appearance. From outside to inside, or from highest...
known as Apulian Plate – A small tectonic plate in the Mediterranean EngadineLine – Strike-slip Fault in Switzerland, Italy and Austria Geology of the...
(German: Silvaplanersee; Romansh: Lej da Silvaplauna) is a lake in the Upper-Engadine valley of Grisons, Switzerland. It takes its name from the village of Silvaplana...
Geological structures Aarmassif Dent Blanche klippe EngadineLineEngadine window Flysch zone Giudicárie line Greywacke zone Hohe Tauern window Molasse basin...
Lake Sils (German Silsersee, Romansh: Lej da Segl) is a lake in the Upper Engadine valley, Grisons, Switzerland. It takes its name from the village of Sils...
Geological structures Aarmassif Dent Blanche klippe EngadineLineEngadine window Flysch zone Giudicárie line Greywacke zone Hohe Tauern window Molasse basin...
The Giudicarie Line is a major geologic fault zone in the Italian Alps, named for the Giudicarie valleys area. It runs from Meran in the northeast more...
village of Zernez at 1471 m. All trains that serve part or all of the Engadineline stop in Zernez and it is also connected by Postbus services over the...
Geological structures Aarmassif Dent Blanche klippe EngadineLineEngadine window Flysch zone Giudicárie line Greywacke zone Hohe Tauern window Molasse basin...
Geological structures Aarmassif Dent Blanche klippe EngadineLineEngadine window Flysch zone Giudicárie line Greywacke zone Hohe Tauern window Molasse basin...
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