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Overview of the geology of France
Geologic map of France.
Divisions in French Regional Geology.
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 , the , the Massif des Vosges, the , the (Rhine graben) and Flanders Basin.[1]
The regions Alsace, Franche-Comté, Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur are part of the Western Alps.[2] Sediment from the Valais ocean crop out in the . The basement of the Briançonnais microcontinent crop out at Gran Paradiso, , , Vanoise and Ruitor. The Briançonnais cover sequences crop out in the . External massifs include the , Mont Blanc massif, and the . Sediments from the Piemont-Liguria Ocean crop out in and Ubaye.[3] The Jura mountains are part of the Helvetic nappes, that represent deposits from the European margin that were involved in the Alpine orogeny.[2]
Massif central[]
The Massif Central highlighted on an elevation map.
Main article: Massif Central (geology)
The geographic region of the Massif Central coincides with the geologic region with the same name. It is part of the Variscan orogenic cycle.[4] It was also a region of active volcanism during the Cenozoic.
References[]
^Moores, Eldridge M., ed. (1997). Encyclopedia of European and Asian regional geology. London [u.a.]: Chapman & Hall. ISBN978-0412740404.
^ abSchmid, Stefan M.; Fügenschuh, Bernhard; Kissling, Eduard; Schuster, Ralf (30 April 2004). "Tectonic map and overall architecture of the Alpine orogen". Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 97 (1): 93–117. doi:10.1007/s00015-004-1113-x.
