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Alpstein with Berggasthaus Alter Säntis and Seealpsee |
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View from Säntis (2502 m) over the Alpstein in NE direction. This mountain range consists of a sequence of hard limestone and softer marl layers, all of which formed in the Cretaceous at the N shelf of the Tethys ocean. This so-called Helvetic system is commonly exposed in Switzerland.
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- on Sunday 20 August 2023 by Martin Mergili
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- Keywords
- geodiversity, karst processes, lake, leisure, lightscape, mountainscape, roofscape, sedimentary rocks, tectonics
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- 419 visits, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license