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 at the southeast end of a wooded ridge in the northwest of the study area, east of the Château de Bonhomme winery. Explore the location in Google Maps. Follow and describe the form of the ridge as far as you can to NW and SE.
Figure 3.1. General view of the ridge from the east. The collapsed natural arch
(Pont Naturel de St Jean) is arrowed
 Figure 3.2. Closer view of the centre of Figure 3.1. Note that the edge of the ridge has been undermined and collapsed as large blocks. This is a common feature throughout the area. |
 Figure 3.3. The gap is the collapsed arch. |
 Figure 3.4. Close-up of the right-hand part of Figure 3.2. |
 Figure 3.5. The wooded ridge at the right-hand (north) end of Figure 3.1. The basal contact can be seen. |
 Figure 3.6. View southeast along the ridge, just south of the collapsed arch. |
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 Figure 3.8. The eastern edge of the ridge. |
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 Figure 3.11. Close-up of the basal contact of the ridge, looking north, at same location as Figure 3.10. Pole is ~ 1.2m long. |
 Figure 3.12. Closer view of contact in Figure 3.11. |
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This page is maintained by Roger Suthren. Last updated 11 May, 2021 9:16 AM . All images © Roger Suthren unless otherwise stated. Images may be re-used for non-commercial purposes.
