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Schist Caves in Catalonia

Schist, like slate, is a foliated metamorphic rock and barely soluble. Cavities cataloged with this lithology tend to be small and of mechanical origin —fracturing along foliation planes— rather than the result of a long karst process. They appear mostly in areas of ancient basement rock, where limestone has already been left behind in the geological sequence.

17 cavitats (13 coves i 4 avencs) with Schist lithology have been catalogued, mainly in Portbou, el Port de la Selva and Alins. Avenc del Tinc-Ca-Tinc, amb 98 m de recorregut.

The surveyed length of the caves with this data ranges from 5 to 98 metres. The depth ranges from 6 to 46 metres. You can check the full entry for location, access and, where available, photographs and survey maps. The whole set of caves on this page can also be downloaded as CSV or JSON.

La litologia Esquists és una roca metamòrfica foliada i poc soluble, amb cavitats poc freqüents i generalment de origen mecànic.

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