Klippe 3476624 214716956 2008-05-24T23:12:09Z SieBot 4005189 robot Adding: [[fr:Klippe]] [[image:thrust system en.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Schematic overview of a thrust system. The shaded material is called a [[nappe]]. The erosional hole is called a [[window (geology)|window or fenster]]. The [[klippe]] is the isolated block of the nappe overlying [[autochthon]]ous material.]] A '''klippe''' (from German = [[cliff]]) is a [[geological]] feature of [[thrust fault]] terranes. The klippe is the remnant portion of a [[nappe]] after erosion has removed connecting portions of the nappe. This process results in an outlier of exotic, often nearly horizontally translated strata overlying [[autochthonous]] strata. [[Chief Mountain]], Montana, is an example of a klippe. [[Category:Structural geology]] [[Category:German loanwords]] {{geology-stub}} [[fr:Klippe]] [[nl:Klippe]]