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Tectonical-Geophysical Setting of the Caucasus

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Geophysical Studies in the Caucasus

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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).

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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). Tectonical-Geophysical Setting of the Caucasus. 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_2

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