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Padern: view of Mont Tauch and the Couronne fault
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May 15, 2026
Cycling
Le Mont Tauch majestically
dominates the landscape,
its two parts being separated
by the Couronne fault.
This so-called "normal" fault
came into being when
the rocks of Mont Tauch underwent
an extensional force beginning
112 million years ago.
The entire limestone layers
then tilted to the northeast
on either side of the Couronne fault.
Thus, the rocks of Mont Tauch
possess a particular geomorphology
known as "tilted blocks".
dominates the landscape,
its two parts being separated
by the Couronne fault.
This so-called "normal" fault
came into being when
the rocks of Mont Tauch underwent
an extensional force beginning
112 million years ago.
The entire limestone layers
then tilted to the northeast
on either side of the Couronne fault.
Thus, the rocks of Mont Tauch
possess a particular geomorphology
known as "tilted blocks".
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