350px, Schematic overview of a thrust system. The shaded material is called a window or fenster. The klippe is the isolated block of the nappe overlying autochthonous material.">window_(geology).html" ;"title="nappe. The erosional hole is called a window (geology)">window or fenster. The klippe is the isolated block of the nappe overlying autochthonous material. Beckov Castle, Slovakia, from below

A klippe ( German for cliff">German language">German for cliff or crag) is a geological">cliff.html" ;"title="German language">German for cliff">German language">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. Examples of klippes include: * Chief Mountain, Montana * Mount Yamnuska, Alberta *The

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Klippes may also be found in the Pre-Alps of Switzerland and some of the isolated mountains in Assynt, Sutherland, in NW Scotland.Whittow, John (1984). ''Dictionary of Physical Geography''. London: Penguin, 1984, p. 294. .

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