Johann Jakob Scheuchzer was a Swiss physician who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries. In addition to medicine, he was also quite interested in travel. One of his travel accounts deals with the ...

The Western Alps represent the active front of the Alpine orogen formed by the collision of the Eurasian and Adria plates. This collision has given rise to intense crustal shortening, thickening and ...

GEOLOGY students from Queen Elizabeth (QE) Sixth Form College, in Darlington, recently enjoyed a week-long trip to the Alps. The main purpose of the trip was to study the landscape and geological ...

As I write this, the Tour de France has reached its halfway point, with the cyclists climbing the Alps. Or, to put it another way, the race has left Armorican continent and entered the folded relics ...