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Piz Badile (3308 m), located in the Bergell Alps on the border between Switerland and Italy, is composed of 30 Ma granodiorite that was intruded into the Pennine Nappes during backtrusting along the Insubric shear zone. Click here for a good summary of Alpine tectonics by Stefan Schmid, University of Basel. Click here for climbing pics. |