Hohe Tauern window

47°00′N 12°30′E

The Hohe Tauern window is a geological structure in the Austrian Central Eastern Alps. It is a window (in German fenster) in the Austroalpine nappes where high-grade metamorphic rocks of the underlying Penninic nappes crop out. The structure is caused by a large dome-like antiform in the nappe stacks of the Alps.

Detersion of the Schlatenkees glacier on visible parts of the Hohe Tauern window

The relatively hard rocks of the Hohe Tauern window are more resistant to erosion, so the window has a high relief. The mountain chains thus formed are called the Hohe Tauern. Most of Austria's highest mountains are in the Hohe Tauern, among them the Großglockner (3798 m) and Großvenediger (3674 m).[1]

See also

References

  1. Bertrand, Audrey (2014). Exhuming the core of collisional orogens, the Tauern Window, (Eastern-Alps) (Thesis). doi:10.17169/refubium-9484.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.