Kern

English translation: core

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German term or phrase:	Kern
English translation:	core
Entered by:	Wendy Streitparth

16:25 Sep 21, 2013

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Science - Geology / Structural

German term or phrase: Kern

"Die Abgrenzung des **Hochalmkerns** von den Gößgranitoiden erfolgt am Nordrand des **Gößkerns** durch den Glimmerschieferzug des Draxel-Komplexes."

I usually know this term to mean "core" as in drill core or borehole, but it doesn't seem to fit the context. I found a diagram that includes the Gößkern:

http://geomap.geolba.ac.at/Abbildungen/gk50/EK0182_001_Taf01...

which leads me to believe that it is a structural name, but even the diagram isn't helping me to decipher this. All of my geologic references just list "kern" as core or nucleus, but neither of those seem to fit the context. Any ideas?

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core

Explanation:
In this paper we will use the descriptive terms “Zentralgneiskern” (central gneiss core),
earth.geology.yale.edu/~ajs/.../11.1983.17Franz.pdf‎

A small central gneiss core separated from
http://www.sediment.uni-goettingen.de/staff/dunkl/zips/frisc...

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-09-21 17:32:15 GMT)
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Central gneisses in the Hohe Tauern mountain range (Sonnblick core, Hochalm core),
http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC34Z8C_gesteine-karntens...

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Thanks again, Wendy!
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Göss crystalline core

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core

Wendy Streitparth
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Local time: 14:51
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Thanks again, Wendy!

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Asker: Thanks, Wendy! The first article was extremely helpful. I had seen the second one already, but didn't want to trust it, because it doesn't seem to have been written by a geologist.

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3 hrs peer agreement (net): +1

Reference: Göss crystalline core

Reference information:
They occupy a position between the Penninic Göss crystalline core and Austroalpine basement complexes:
http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/JbGeolReichsanst_...

Coqueiro
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Asker: Thanks, Coqueiro. It's helpful to have this further confirmation.

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