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Glarus thrust
The
Glarus thrust
is a major
thrust fault
in the
Alps
of eastern
Switzerland
. Along the thrust the
Helvetic nappes
were thrusted more than 100 km to the north over the external
Aarmassif
and
Infrahelvetic complex
. The thrust forms the contact between older (Helvetic)
Permo
-
Triassic
rock layers of the Verrucano group and younger (external)
Jurassic
and
Cretaceous
limestones
and
Paleogene
flysch
and
molasse
.
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