Cheval Noir (mountain) explained
Cheval Noir is a mountain in the French Alps, in the Savoie department.[1] [2] It lies between Moûtiers in the north east and La Chambre in the south west. It is 2832 m high.[3]
The mountain is the namesake for the geologic Cheval Noir unit, an accretionary wedge that formed during the subduction of the Valais ocean (or North Penninic ocean).[4]
Notes and References
- Web site: Le Cheval Noir. thehighrisepages.de.
- Web site: Randonnée au Cheval Noir. montagne.plisson.org. 25 May 2013.
- Web site: Cheval Noir. altituderando.com. 25 May 2013.
- Ceriani. Stefano. Bernhard Fügenschuh . Sebastien Potel . Stefan M. Schmid . Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Frontal Penninic units of the Western Alps: correlation between low-grade metamorphism and tectonic phases. Swiss Bulletin of Mineralogy and Petrology. 2003. 83. 111–131. 25 May 2013.
