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From: The Maira-Sampeyre and Val Grana Allochthons (south Western Alps): review and new data on the tectonometamorphic evolution of the Briançonnais distal margin

Fig. 4

Panorama (a) and block-diagram (b) showing the relationships between the meta-carbonates of the Val Maira subunit and the underlying meta-clastic, Permo-Triassic and Lower Triassic Sampeyre subunit. The folded contact between the two subunits may be interpreted as an inverted former normal fault within the Briançonnais margin. Note the occurrence of dolomitization fronts in the Ladinian formations and the abundance of cargneules in the Anisian-Ladinian

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