Biota and Environment of Natural Areas

Travin V.V.

The Area of the Village Gridino (White Sea Region) as a «Geological Museum under the Open Sky» and the Locality for Geology Students Summer Practice

Year: 2019, Number: 1, Pages: 101-109

The main features of geology of area of village Gridino in the central part of the Belomorian Mobile Belt are briefly described in the article. Abundance of magmatic complexes of the area, clearness of their relationships, structural and landscape features of territory allow consider the area as a geological monument. The area of the village Gridino is a “geological museum under the open sky” and very good place for educational geological practice for students of geological specialities of universities. The article is accompanied by photos of spectacular structural forms of the area.

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