Valais_Ocean
Valais Ocean
Subducted ocean basin. Remnants found in the Alps in the North Penninic nappes.
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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