Geology of France, the Glossary
The regional geology of France is commonly divided into the Paris Basin, the Armorican Massif, the Massif Central, the Aquitaine Basin, the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Côte languedocienne, the Sillon rhodanien, the Massif des Vosges, the Massif Ardennais, the Alsace graben (Rhine graben) and Flanders Basin.[1]
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27 relations: Alpine orogeny, Alps, Alsace, Aquitaine Basin, Armorican Massif, Briançonnais zone, Cenozoic, Franche-Comté, Geology of the Massif Central, Gran Paradiso, Helvetic nappes, Jura Mountains, Massif Central, Mont Blanc massif, Paris Basin, Piemont-Liguria Ocean, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Pyrenees, Rhône-Alpes, Testa del Rutor, Ubaye, Upper Rhine Plain, Valais Ocean, Vanoise massif, Variscan orogeny, Vosges, Western Alps.
Alpine orogeny
The Alpine orogeny or Alpide orogeny is an orogenic phase in the Late Mesozoic (Eoalpine) and the current Cenozoic that has formed the mountain ranges of the Alpide belt.
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Alps
The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
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Alsace
Alsace (Low Alemannic German/Alsatian: Elsàss ˈɛlsɑs; German: Elsass (German spelling before 1996: Elsaß.) ˈɛlzas ⓘ; Latin: Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland.
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Aquitaine Basin
The Aquitaine Basin is the second largest Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary basin in France after the Paris Basin, occupying a large part of the country's southwestern quadrant.
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Armorican Massif
The Armorican Massif (Massif armoricain) is a geologic massif that covers a large area in the northwest of France, including Brittany, the western part of Normandy and the Pays de la Loire.
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Briançonnais zone
The Briançonnais zone or Briançonnais terrane is a piece of continental crust found in the Penninic nappes of the Alps.
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Cenozoic
The Cenozoic is Earth's current geological era, representing the last 66million years of Earth's history.
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Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté (Frainc-Comtou: Fraintche-Comtè; Franche-Comtât; also Freigrafschaft; Franco Condado; all) is a cultural and historical region of eastern France.
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Geology of the Massif Central
The Massif Central is one of the two large basement massifs in France, the other being the Armorican Massif.
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Gran Paradiso
The Gran Paradiso or Grand Paradis is a mountain in the Graian Alps in Italy, located between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions.
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Helvetic nappes
The Helvetic nappes (Helvetische Decken) are a series of nappes in the Northern part of the Alps and part of the Helvetic zone.
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Jura Mountains
The Jura Mountains are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the French–Swiss border.
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Massif Central
The is a highland region in south-central France, consisting of mountains and plateaus.
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Mont Blanc massif
The Mont Blanc massif (Massif du Mont-Blanc; Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end.
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Paris Basin
The Paris Basin (Bassin parisien) is one of the major geological regions of France.
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Piemont-Liguria Ocean
The Piemont-Liguria basin or the Piemont-Liguria Ocean (sometimes only one of the two names is used, for example: Piemonte Ocean) was a former piece of oceanic crust that is seen as part of the Tethys Ocean.
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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (commonly shortened to PACA), also known as Région Sud ('Southern Region'), is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located at the far southeastern point of the mainland.
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Pyrenees
The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain.
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Rhône-Alpes
Rhône-Alpes was an administrative region of France.
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Testa del Rutor
Testa del Rutor or Tête du Ruitor (3,486m) is a mountain of the Graian Alps in Aosta Valley, north-western Italy.
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Ubaye
The Ubaye (Ubaia) is a river of southeastern France.
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Upper Rhine Plain
The Upper Rhine Plain, Rhine Rift Valley or Upper Rhine Graben (German: Oberrheinische Tiefebene, Oberrheinisches Tiefland or Oberrheingraben, French: Vallée du Rhin) is a major rift, about and on average, between Basel in the south and the cities of Frankfurt/Wiesbaden in the north.
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Valais Ocean
The Valais Ocean is a subducted oceanic basin which was situated between the continent Europe and the microcontinent Iberia or so called Briançonnais microcontinent.
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Vanoise massif
The Vanoise massif is a mountain range of the Graian Alps, located in the Western Alps.
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Variscan orogeny
The Variscan or Hercynian orogeny was a geologic mountain-building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia) and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangaea.
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Vosges
The Vosges (Vogesen; Franconian and Vogese) are a range of medium mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany.
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Western Alps
The Western Alps are the western part of the Alpine Range including the southeastern part of France (e.g. Savoie), the whole of Monaco, the northwestern part of Italy (i.e. Piedmont and the Aosta Valley) and the southwestern part of Switzerland (e.g. Valais).
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