Table 1 Nappe correlations (see text for further details)
General tectonic setting | Number | West | Central | East |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Periadriatic Plutons | 1 | Rensen Pluton | Rieserferner Pluton | – |
Southern Alps | 2 | Southern Alps (Adriatic Indenter) | Southern Alps (Adriatic Indenter) | Southern Alps (Adriatic Indenter) |
Upper Austroalpine: | 3 | Northern Calcareous Alps | Northern Calcareous Alps | Northern Calcareous Alps |
far travelled cover nappes | 4 | Grauwackenzone | Grauwackenzone | Grauwackenzone |
5 | Blaser Nappe, Mauls Triassic | Drauzug | Drauzug, Mesozoic Gurktal Nappe | |
6 | Steinach Nappe, Mauls-Meran basement | South Deferegg Units, Strieden Complex | Basement Gurktal Nappe | |
7 | Brenner Mesozoic | – | Stangalm Mesozoic | |
8 | Ötztal Nappe | – | Bundschuh Nappe | |
Upper Austroalpine: | 9 | Schneeberg Unit | – | Radentheim Unit |
basement-cover nappes | 10 | Texel Nappe | North Deferegg Unit, Schober Unit, Polinik-Prijakt Unit | Millstatt Nappe, Wölz Nappe |
11 | Innsbruck Quarztphyllite | – | Wagrain and Katschberg Quartzphyllite Units | |
12 | Campo Unit | – | Schladming Nappe | |
13 | – | – | Overturned Permo-Mesozoic cover | |
14 | – | Sadnig-Group | – | |
Lower Austroalpine nappes | 15 | Tarntal Nappe | – | Main Nappe Group/Lantschfeld Nappe/Pleisling Nappe |
16 | Hippold Nappe | – | Hochfeind Nappe | |
17 | Nordrahmen Zone north of Tauern Window | Matrei Zone south of Tauern Window | Nordrahmen Zone north of Tauern Window | |
Ophiolite-bearing units | 18 | Reckner Ophiolitic Complex | – | – |
19 | Glockner Nappe system | Glockner Nappe system | Glockner Nappe system | |
20 | Eisbrugg-slice, Geroldstein Mesozoic | “Glimmerschieferlamelle”, Seidlwinkl-Rote Wand Nappe | Murtörl-Schrovin Unit | |
Units derived from the distal European margin above Venediger Duplex | 21 | – | Eclogite Zone | – |
22 | Wolfendorn Nappe | – | – | |
23 | includes "Junglaläozoikum", Hochstegenkalk & Kaserer Serie | includes "Jungpaläozoikum", Maurertal Fm. & Murtörl Fm. | includes "Jungpaläozoikum", Silbereck Series & Draxel Complex | |
Units derived from the distal European margin: Venediger Duplex | 24 | Zillertal Nappe | Riffl Nappe, Sonnblick-Romate Nappe | Mureck gneissic slice and Storz Nappe |
25 | Tux Nappe | Granatspitze Nappe | Hochalm Nappe | |
26 | Ahorn Nappe | – | Göss Nappe |