The Eastern Alps

A short tour of the major rock units of the Eastern Alps, from bottom to top, structurally, followed by sone thin sections of typical rock types from the Pennine units in the Tauern Window.
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Pennine basement, Tauern Window
Pennine basement, Tauern Window
Pennine basement, Tauern Window
Pennine basement, Tauern Window
Pennine zone, Tauern eclogite unit
Pennine zone, Tauern Window
Pennine zone, Tauern Window
Pennine zone, Tauern Window
Pennine zone, Tauern Window
Austroalpine basement