Geology of the Tour de France

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A neandethal on a bike on the ice
Geological cross section across western Albania, showing how pieces of Greater Adria crust are pushed and folded over each other
Thin-layered limestones in Albania, derived from an pushed-up sedimentary basin
Karaburun Peninsula of southwest Albania
Cross section showing Adria diving below the Apennines in the west and the Albanides in the east
Paleogeographic map showing the outlines of the Greater Adria continent that once intervened Africa and Europe
Young intraplate volcano in western Arabia
Trilobite fossil
Nabetean houses, carved into the rocks
Geologist standing in front of a wind erosion-carved limestone cliff in the Al'Ula region of Saudi Arabia
Earthwuake map of Flinders Range, Adelaide
Map and cross section showing how Flinders Range is pushed up along faults
Map showing the dams of the Zeeland estuary, that were built between 1960 and 1986
Map with the flooded area of the 1953 flooding.
Map with the rivers of the Netherlands
The dam in the Oosterschelde