Tag: continental collision
How were the Pyrenees formed?
Along with the Alps, the Pyrenees represent the second chain of collision marking the French landscape. The formation of this great mountain range results from a complex and polyphase tectonic…
This map betrays the magnetic signatures of the telluric forces that shaped the Earth
The map of the Earth’s magnetic field has been enriched with a new model making it possible to better understand the thermal state of the Earth’s crust, to perceive the…