Klippe

A klippe (German for cliff or crag) is a geological feature of thrust fault terrains.

The klippe is the remnant portion of a nappe after erosion has removed connecting portions of the nappe.

This process results in an outlier of exotic, often nearly horizontally translated strata overlying autochthonous strata.

[1] [citation needed] Klippes may also be found in the Pre-Alps of Switzerland and some of the isolated mountains in Assynt, Sutherland, in NW Scotland.

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Schematic overview of a thrust system. The shaded material is called a nappe . The erosional hole is called a window or fenster . The klippe is the isolated block of the nappe overlying autochthonous material.