Tectonical-geophysical setting of the Caucasus

Lev Eppelbaum; Boris Khesin

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Tectonical-geophysical setting of the Caucasus

Lev Eppelbaum^*, Boris Khesin

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School of the Environment and Earth Sciences

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

Many outstanding geologists such as G. V. Abikh, I. M. Gubkin, V. E. Khain, K. N. Paffenholtz studied the Caucasus. The Caucasus comprises four main morphological and tectonic units (Khain and Koronovsky 1997): (1) the Ciscaucasian plain (Scythian platform), including the foredeeps of the Greater Caucasus; (2) the Greater Caucasus itself, stretching in a WNW-ESE direction; (3) the Transcaucasian system of intermontane basins, and (4) the Lesser Caucasus with its an arcuate N-convex shape and the most heterogeneous structure. This geological division of the Caucasus is traditional, although it is sometimes modified (Fig. 2.1).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	5-37
Number of pages	33
Edition	9783540766186
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76619-3_2
State	Published - 2012

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Name	Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences
Number	9783540766186
Volume	0
ISSN (Print)	2193-8571
ISSN (Electronic)	2193-858X

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