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A cross section through the central-Pyrenees

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A structural analysis of the Pyrenees contains successively from young to old the Miocene morphogenic uplift, a Pyreneic and a Laramide folding phase each preceded by basin formation on the flanks of the central zone, and a rather complicated Hercynian folding period accompanied by magmatic hases. This Hercynian phase starts with a Devonian geosyncline and its folding movement is directed towards the centre, and proceeds later from the centre outwards. In the Hercynian structure one can discern a central anticlinorium and two or three anticlinoria in the flank.

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    L. U. de Sitter (Professor of structural Geology)

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Summary of a lecture given in Köln on the 27th Jan. 1956.

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de Sitter, L.U. A cross section through the central-Pyrenees. Geol Rundsch 45, 214–233 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01802009

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