SOLIDS & SURFACES GEOLOGY

• HOME • ABOUT • CATEGORIES • COPYRIGHT • NEWSLETTER

nappe

1. Either of the two parts into which a cone is divided by the vertex. "Nappe" is French for "tablecloth," which in turn comes from the Latin mappa (napkin).


2. A large-scale fold in rocks, thrown up by mountain-building processes and transported over large distances. The Alps are a system of several such nappes.

Related categories