Languedoc - geology

Virtual field trips constructed by geology students at Oxford Brookes University

• Gorges d'Héric - high-grade metamorphic rocks of the axial zone of the Montagne Noire
• Volcanoes of Languedoc
• Geology of the Upper Aude Valley
  

General links

• Geological sites to visit
• Taste the Geology
• Infoterre from BRGM - link to interactive geological maps & data
• Geology and Wine
  
• The state of the French Mediterranean coastal aquifers (pdf)
• Show caves of France
• Inventory of French Geological Landscapes

Regional/departmental links

• Geological links in Midi-Pyrénées and Languedoc
• Atlas of Occitanie region (click on the Téléchargez link to open the pdf)
• "Thermalism" of Languedoc-Roussillon
• Geology, terroir and wine

Geological sites: the following links are arranged roughly from north to south

Massif Central

• Volcanoes in central France
• Chaîne des Puys - a chain of volcanoes well worth seeing on your way down or back
• Rochechouart impact crater (central France)

  Cévennes

• Geological History of the Cévennes
• Rocks and Scenery of the Mont Lozère Region

  Les Causses - the limestone plateaux

• Millau viaduct - official web site
• The Millau viaduct project
• Montpellier-le-Vieux - spectacular karst scenery
• The Roquefort caves - geology and cheese!
• Cirque de Navacelles

  

• Montagne Noire

• Geology of the Montagne Noire. Nicely illustrated and informative web site
• Trilobites from the Montagne Noire
• Gorges d'Héric
• Marble quarry at Caunes-Minervois
• Gouffre Géant de Cabrespine - impressive show cave
• Salsigne gold and arsenic mines
• Remediation of pollution from Salsigne mines
• The Permian flora of Lodève
• Lodève uranium mines
• Uranium minerals from Lodève - scroll down to MU17, MU27, MU34, MU 35
• Uranium minerals from Lodève 2 - scroll down to U17, U18
• Pioch Farrus copper mine, Cabrières
• Cabrières - geology and archaeology
• Cabrières - the global site (GSSP) for the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary
• The Aldène (or Coquille) Cave, Minerve

Languedoc basin

• Minerve lignite mines
• Musée des Dinosaures, Mèze - dinosaur nesting site
• The Volcanoes of Hérault
• Lagrasse: thrust tectonics
• Geological trail at Albas, Corbières
• Geology of Albas
• Terra Vinea - visit the wine cellars in an old gypsum mine
• Dinosaur Museum, Espéraza
• Channel 4: Big Monster Dig - Titanosaur eggs in France (video, 48 minutes)

  

  Pyrenees and Roussillon basin

• Geological history of the Pyrenees
• Geology of the Ariège Pyrenees
• Les Orgues d'Ille-sur-Têt - spectacular erosion features
• Roussillon seen from the sky (aerial photos)
• Geology of the Catalonian Pyrenees

Maps

• Interactive maps and data for the Occitanie region

Natural Hazards

• Natural hazards (Occitanie regional government)
• Flood risk maps in Languedoc
• Atlas of detailed flood maps
• The floods of 12-13 November 1999
• November 1999 floods
• Mediterranean Rivers
• Coastal erosion
• Seismic surveillance network of the Pyrenees
• The February 1996 earthquake sequence in the eastern Pyrenees: first results

Languedoc-Roussillon - nature

• Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park
• Regional Nature Park of la Narbonnaise en Méditerranée
• Map of Regional Nature Parks in France
• The Mediterranean Garden at Roquebrun
• The Languedoc 'back country'
• Ecologistes de l'Euzière Interpretations of geology, ecology, landscape
• Occitanie regional government environmental site
• Parks and gardens of Languedoc Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon - archaeology, history, museums

General

• Drystone architecture
• The Cathars
• Guide to the Pays Cathare

Specific sites or areas - links are arranged roughly from north to south

• The Camisards
• Lodève Museum
• Cahiers de Minerve
• Grotte de la Coquille
• Villeneuvette - Louis XIV 'model' village of weavers
• Grotte de Gazel
• Canal du Midi
• Amphoralis - Gallo-Roman pottery industry museum
• Peasants and Protest: Agricultural Workers, Politics, and Unions in the Aude, 1850-1914
• Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau
• Tautavel man (450,000 years). Tautavel museum
• Chateau de Peyrepertuse

Languedoc - weather and climate

• Corbières temperature & rainfall
• Regional weather from Météo France

Languedoc - culture

• Occitan language and culture
• Food from Languedoc-Roussillon
• Wines of the Languedoc-Roussillon
• Festivals
• Aude food and wine
• L'Oulibo olive oil cooperative

Cities, Towns and Villages

• Towns & villages in Hérault
  
  
• Agde
• Alet-les-Bains
• Carcassonne - history and virtual tour (French ministry of culture)
• Cessenon
• Ille-sur-Têt
• Lodève
• Mèze
• Narbonne
• Perpignan
• St Chinian

Information for tourists and visitors

• Occitanie region - official tourist information

• Guide to the Hérault département
• Département of Aude
• Corbières-Minervois
• Département of Pyrénées-Orientales
• The 'Little Yellow Train' in the Pyrenees