August News
The Jura mountains in SE France seem to be often overlooked by geologists drawn to the large-scale nappes in the main parts of the Alpine chain. That’s a pity, because there’s some fantastic scenery and a lot of fold and thrust structures exposed across the region that make good analogues for compressional belts elsewhere …
Thrust-related folding, Montagne de Seremand (Virieu-le-Grand, French Jura), looking NW.
… and there’s also a lot of fractured carbonates to study too! …
Fractured carbonates near Nantua, French Jura.