Southern Pyrenees axial zone

E951955

The Southern Pyrenees axial zone is the central, geologically oldest core of the Pyrenees mountain range, composed mainly of heavily deformed and metamorphosed rocks that form its highest and most rugged peaks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological region ⓘ
structural zone ⓘ
boundedBy North Pyrenean Zone ⓘ
South Pyrenean Zone ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Pyrenees
characterizedBy metamorphism ⓘ
oldest rocks of the Pyrenees ⓘ
rugged topography ⓘ
strong deformation ⓘ
composedMostlyOf igneous rocks ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
contains gneiss complexes ⓘ
granite plutons ⓘ
highest peaks of the Pyrenees ⓘ
schist sequences ⓘ
exposes deep crustal levels ⓘ
extendsAlong east–west axis of the Pyrenees ⓘ
formedBy convergence of Iberian and Eurasian plates ⓘ
formedDuring Pyrenean orogeny ⓘ
forms backbone of the Pyrenees ⓘ
central core of the Pyrenees ⓘ
geologicalAge Paleozoic basement ⓘ
hasMetamorphicGrade medium- to high-grade metamorphism ⓘ
hasStructuralStyle intense folding ⓘ
thrust faulting ⓘ
importantFor study of Alpine orogeny ⓘ
study of Variscan basement ⓘ
isSubjectOf metamorphic petrology studies ⓘ
structural geology studies ⓘ
tectonic evolution studies ⓘ
locatedIn Andorra ⓘ
France ⓘ
Southern Pyrenees ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
orogenType collisional mountain belt core ⓘ
overlainBy Mesozoic cover units at margins ⓘ
partOf Pyrenees ⓘ
relatedTo Eurasian plate ⓘ
linked to: Eurasian Plate

Iberian plate ⓘ
linked to: Iberian Plate
separates northern foreland from southern foreland of the Pyrenees ⓘ
tectonicRole axial core of Pyrenean orogen ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maladeta massif → partOf → Southern Pyrenees axial zone ⓘ
Montes Malditos → locatedIn → central Pyrenees ⓘ
linked to: Southern Pyrenees axial zone
Pyrenean foothills karst system → partOf → Pyrenean geological region ⓘ
linked to: Southern Pyrenees axial zone
Cerbillona → isPartOf → Pyrenees high mountain zone ⓘ
linked to: Southern Pyrenees axial zone