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Glarus Thrust on the Ringelspitz and Tristelhorn

Geotope · UNESCO-Welterbe Tektonikarena Sardona · 1,553 m

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/ Ringelspitzkette mit Tristelhorn
Photo: UNESCO-Welterbe Tektonikarena Sardona, Ruedi Homberger
/ Glarner Hauptüberschiebung am Ringelspitz
Photo: UNESCO-Welterbe Tektonikarena Sardona, Ruedi Homberger

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The Glarus Thrust is recogniseable as a razor-sharp line below the summit cliffs of the Ringelspitz and the Tristelhorn.

Here it lies at about 3000 m.a.s.l., but was formed inside the earth at a depth of 5-25 km with temperatures of 200-400 degrees Celsius and pressures of up to 5000 bar!

Uplift as a result of the formation of the Alps and continuous erosion brought the now inactive Glarus main overthrust to the earth's surface.

Coordinates

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2'743'723E 1'199'016N

46.926686, 9.325915

DMS

46°55'36.1"N 9°19'33.3"E

UTM

32T 524811 5197068

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