Fig. 78. — Transverse Profile of the Petit Saleve. 1=25,000. 
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valleys, the direction of 
rivers and mountains, cor- 
respond closely with the 
geological stnicture. 
Fig. 77 represents a 
section of the Vuache. It 
will be seen that the 
Vuache is the half of an 
anticlinal, the western 
part having subsided 
about 1000 m. The 
Rhone runs along the 
fault. In this case the 
fault is nearly vertical, 
but in others one side 
is thrust more or less over 
the other. In the Jura, 
faults generally, but not 
always, betray themselves 
on the surface. 
The Saleve (Fig. 78), 
which forms such a con- 
spicuous object at Geneva, 
is an arch, fractured at 
the summit, and steeply 
inclined to the N.W. 
