Geology of "La presqu’île de Crozon"
Referred on the European scene, La Presqu’île de Crozon shelters and protects its exceptional geological richnesses : marine animals fossils, fossilized sea-beds, as many witnesses of our planet’s geological history. Volcanoes, corals... in Crozon ?
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[1] The peninsula of Crozon is not a land of granit ! map -
[2] The oceanic coast of Crozon’s peninsula photography -
[3] Nowadays as a cliff… photography -
[4] Fossil ripple-marks sample(s) -
[5] From -480 million years ... sample(s) -
[6] Reconstruction of the peninsula’s landscape during ordovician period (-480 million years ago) sketch -
[7] Tracks of marine worms sample(s) -
[8] Reconstruction of the peninsula’s lanscape of devonian period -410 million years ago sketch -
[9] Limestone coral sample(s) -
[10] From -400 million years ago, a rich and varied fauna sample(s) -
[11] A submarine lava flow dating from – 445 million years ago photography -
[13] An original magmatic rock : the dolerite photography -
[14] Dolerite samples sample(s) -
[15] Hercynian’s folding photography -
[16] A consequence of plate tectonics in Britain: rock deformation photography -
[17] The wind erosion -
[18] The marine erosion photography -
[19] Geological curiosity : a nodule of outstanding size sample(s) -
[20] Remarkable erosin surfaces photography -
[21] The action of living beings sample(s) -
[22] A great variety of coasts : vast beaches of fine sand photography -
[23] The monumental cliffs of the peninsula photography -
[25] A raised beach from the quaternary era photography