It is important that you access this location on a laptop or desktop PC.
Click on any image to enlarge it - you will need to zoom in to see sufficient detail.
The photos are your outcrops, and you'll need to spend time studying them in detail, and working out the relationships between them.
This location is along the Canal du Midi, just outside Carcassonne. The view is northward from the towpath on the south side of the canal. It shows a cross section through one of the ridges, very similar to those we have seen at Aigues-Vives. Explore the location in Google Maps and Streetview. What is the approximate orientation of the ridge? The online geological map should help. The contact between the two lithologies presents some engineering geology challenges - how have these been addressed?
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