Alps highest peak meets folded sea floor
Antoine Clausse
CNRS / Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
At the late Jurassic, this dolostsone was the former sea floor but after millions years of tectonic movements and natural forces, these rocks chair at 3000m. The Mont Blanc, highest peak of the Alps is less than 20km away in the background. Thank to the Alpine collision, former sea floor is thrusted over gneiss and granite to make the happiness of geologists and mountaineers.
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Antoine Clausse (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
3.2 MB
Width
4608 px
Height
3072 px
Aspect
3:2
Brand
Nikon
Model
D3100
Exposure
26 mm f/9 1/60 s ISO 100
Software
Photoshop
Taken
13 February 2019
Coordinates
45.9878, 6.8739
Tint
Vivid violet
Submitted
14 February 2019
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