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Tectonics

2016; Springer International Publishing; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-319-27395-2_5

2364-6438

Akif A. Alizadeh, Ibrahim Guliyev, Fakhraddin Kadirov, Lev Eppelbaum,

Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide

The territory of the Azerbaijan Republic spans over the eastern part of the Caucasian segment of the Alpine-Himalayan (Mediterranean) folded belt, which was generated in the area of collision junction (collision) of the Eurasian and Afro-ArabianArabian plate lithospheric plates. The fold-mountain structures that constitute this belt form a number of branches along its striking, of which, according to Khain (1984, 2001), the Dobruja-Crimean-Caucasian-Kopetdagh branch, the Pyrenean-Alborzian (Pyrenean-Lesser Caucasian) branch, and the Dinar-Zond branch as well as the Rioni and Kur intermountain troughs participate in the Caucasian Isthmus structuring. The characteristic feature of the region's crust is its tectonic inhomogeneity, expressed in the complex relationship of its constituent structural and formational units, having differing lithological and stratigraphic sequences, deformation natures, and geological development history.