Subducted ocean basin. Remnants found in the Alps in the North Penninic nappes.
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The Valais Ocean is a subducted oceanic basin which was situated between the continent Europe and the microcontinent Iberia or so called Briançonnais microcontinent. Remnants of the Valais ocean are found in the western Alps and in tectonic windows of the eastern Alps and are mapped as the so-called "north Penninic" nappes.[1]
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embracing three different cultures: the German-speaking high Valais, the French-speaking central Valais and the bilingual French/Italian-speaking Aosta Valley...
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decipher the evolution of the Valais domain in Savoy, (Western Alps)" (PDF). earth.unibas.ch. Loprieno, Andrea (2011). "The Valais units in Savoy (France):...
Rhône-Simplon line Sesia unit Paleogeographic terminology ValaisOcean Briançonnais zone Piemont-Liguria Ocean Apulian or Adriatic plate Alps portal Geology portal...
Rhône-Simplon line Sesia unit Paleogeographic terminology ValaisOcean Briançonnais zone Piemont-Liguria Ocean Apulian or Adriatic plate Alps portal Geology portal...
Rhône-Simplon line Sesia unit Paleogeographic terminology ValaisOcean Briançonnais zone Piemont-Liguria Ocean Apulian or Adriatic plate Alps portal Geology portal...
Rhône-Simplon line Sesia unit Paleogeographic terminology ValaisOcean Briançonnais zone Piemont-Liguria Ocean Apulian or Adriatic plate Alps portal Geology portal...
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former southern continental margin of the European plate. A narrow ocean, the ValaisOcean, existed south of Central Europe in the Mesozoic. This later developed...
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