Glarus Alps
by Kurt Stuewe, Earth Science, University of Graz, graz, austria
The photo shows the Bifertenstock in the Glarus Alps looking east. The region in the middleground is part of the "Tectonics Arena Sardona", which is a UNESCO nature world heritage region. The rocks are Mesozoic cover sequence that overlies the Variscan gneisses of the Aare Massif. The gneisses can be seen in the lower reaches on both sides of the mountain in the Linth (at left) and Rhine (at right) valleys.
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Submitted on 7 March 2012
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