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  1. Wikipedia
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    Nappe - Wikipedia

    • Nappes or nappe belts are a major feature of the European Alps, Dinarides, Carpathians and Balkans. Since the 19th century many geologists have uncovered areas with large-scale overthrusts. Some of these were substantiated with paleontological evidence. The concept was developed by Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, who unraveled the complex tectonic hi… See more

    Overview

    In geology, a nappe or thrust sheet is a large sheetlike body of rock that has been moved more than 2 km (1.2 mi) or 5 km (3.1 mi) above a thrust fault from its original position. Nappes form in compressional tectonic set… See more

    Structure

    Nappe can be qualified in a number of ways to indicate various features of a formation. The frontal part in the direction of movement, is called the leading edge of a nappe; numerous folds and secondary thrusts and … See more

    Classification

    According to petrographical composition, two basic types of nappes are known:
    • Basement nappes are composed generally of crystalline basement rocks (but may contain basement sedimentary cover), forming so … See more

    Are the Alps an imbricate nappe stack?
    The Alps are an imbricate nappe stack and nappe emplacement happened in an ordered succession such that the stacked order, from top to bottom, reflects the paleogeographic position from internal to external, respectively 2, 3. The studied field area is part of the prominent Monte Rosa nappe, an internal Penninic unit of the Western Alps.
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  2. Britannica
    https://www.britannica.com/science/nappe

    Nappe | Folded Strata, Thrust Faulting & Structural Geology

  3. American Museum of Natural History
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    Secrets of the Alps | AMNH

    The inner structure of a mountain belt is revealed in the deeply eroded valleys of the Alps. Among the outstanding features are the exposures of enormous, flat-lying folds called nappes.

  4. travelinggeologist.com
    https://www.travelinggeologist.com/2012/10/central...

    Central Alps – Helvetic Nappes - TravelingGeologist

  5. Wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austroalpine_nappes

    Austroalpine nappes - Wikipedia

  6. Britannica
    https://www.britannica.com/place/Alps…

    Alps - Mountains, Glaciers, Valleys | Britannica

    Sep 25, 2024 · Other high chains include the crystalline rocks of the Mount Blanche nappe—which includes the Weisshorn (14,780 feet)—and the nappe of Monte Rosa Massif, sections of which mark the frontier between Switzerland …

  7. springeropen.com
    https://sjg.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s00015-015-0188-x

    Tectonics of the Monte Rosa and surrounding nappes …

  8. Nature
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-01…

    Metamorphic pressure variation in a coherent Alpine …

    Oct 18, 2019 · The studied field area is part of the prominent Monte Rosa nappe, an internal Penninic unit of the Western Alps. It belongs to the Briançonnais domain and represents the most distal European...

  9. ScienceDirect
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092820251114002X

    The Alps: Present Day Structure - ScienceDirect

  10. UNIL | Université de Lausanne
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    The evolution of the Alps - UNIL