Switzerland 2023
Sardona UNESCO world hertiage area with Segnes Pass with Tschingelhörner (left) and Piz Segnes (center). The shark tooth like Tschingelhörner are part of a large thrust fault because two tectonic plates are colliding and forming the Alps. An older (250-300 mio years old) darker rock layer was pushed over a much younger, light colored 30-40 mio year old flysch layer, and the thrust plane is visible as a horizontal line in the Tschingelhörner as well as in the Atlas peak. The valley below us has been carved out by glaciers during the ice age. Originally U shaped will polished sides, it has been partially filled in by river deposits.
Switzerland 2023
Sardona UNESCO world hertiage area with Segnes Pass with Tschingelhörner (left) and Piz Segnes (center). The shark tooth like Tschingelhörner are part of a large thrust fault because two tectonic plates are colliding and forming the Alps. An older (250-300 mio years old) darker rock layer was pushed over a much younger, light colored 30-40 mio year old flysch layer, and the thrust plane is visible as a horizontal line in the Tschingelhörner as well as in the Atlas peak. The valley below us has been carved out by glaciers during the ice age. Originally U shaped will polished sides, it has been partially filled in by river deposits.