2024

FALLA DEL GUIX

Natural site to discover

Located about 1 km from Sallent, following the Sequià road, this perfectly observable fault, which overhangs the railway line at the La Botjosa potash mines, results from a fracture of the earth's crust associated with the action of compression forces. This is a good example of an inverse fault with a complex structure. The presence of gypsum in the area, once exploited in precarious galleries, gave its name to the structure.

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