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Introduction

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The Caucasus is a large mountainous area covering about 440,000 km2 between the Black, Azov and Caspian Seas (Fig. 1.1). The mountains are more than 1,000 km long, in a WNW-ESE striking range between the Caspian and Black Seas and reach elevations of over 5 km above sea level.

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  1. Dept. Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel

    Lev Eppelbaum (Faculty Exact Sciences)

  2. Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, 84110, Israel

    Boris Khesin

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Eppelbaum, L., Khesin, B. (2012). Introduction. In: Geophysical Studies in the Caucasus. Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76619-3_1

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