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Alpine Geosyncline

geological structure, Europe

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geology of Caucasus Mountains

  • Caucasus Mountains
    In Caucasus: Geology of Caucasus

    …Earth’s crust known as the Alpine geosyncline, dating from the late Oligocene Epoch (about 25 million years ago), and the region thus reflects some of the same structural characteristics as the younger mountains of Europe. Northern and central Ciscaucasia have a platformlike construction, with a foundation of folded structures dating…

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  • Transcaucasia
    In Transcaucasia: Geology of Transcaucasia

    …Earth’s crust known as the Alpine geosyncline, dating from the late Oligocene Epoch (about 28 to 23 million years ago), and the region thus reflects some of the same structural characteristics as the younger mountains of Europe.

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