Monte Arcosu is a mountain in the Sulcis massif, in southern Sardinia, Italy. It has an elevation of 948 metres (3,110 ft).
| Monte Arcosu | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 948 m (3,110 ft) |
| Coordinates | 39°11′42″N 8°51′25″E / 39.19500°N 8.85694°E |
| Geography | |
  Monte Arcosu Sardinia, Italy | |
| Parent range | Sulcis Mountains |
The mountain has a characteristically truncated cone shape, resulting from the differential erosion which followed its formation during the Variscan orogeny. The massif is formed by a granitic intrusion from the Carboniferous, lying on a Paleozoic schist basement and in turn surmounted by Paleozoic scists[check spelling]. The Variscan orogeny removed the upper schist layer from all the massif's peaks but Monte Arcosu, modelling it and showing the granite along the steep slopes.
Sources
edit- Barca, Sebastiano; Di Gregorio, Felice (1993). "Geologia e paesaggio in Sulcis". I Parchi della Sardegna. Cagliari: Edisar. pp. 238–240. ISBN 88-86004-35-4.
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