Aspects of geodiversity of Palaeozoic limestones in the Black Mountains of southern France

Abstract

In the southern Massif Central (France), where the scenery resembles that of Middle-earth, the geodiversity of carbonate formations (limestones and dolomites), mainly of Paleozoic age, can be observed in the nested scales of the geotopes, geofacies, and geosystems.

Keywords

• geography
• geology
• geomorphology
• geodiversity
• black mountains (<i>montagne noire</i>)
• tolkien
• france