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| Titel |
The large karstic holes at the top of the Syrian coastal Mountain Range. Importance of structural setting for the karstogenesis. |
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Ludovic Mocochain, Christian Blanpied, Jean-Yves Bigot, Olivier Peyronel, Christian Gorini, Abdelkarim Al Abdalla, Fawaz Azki |
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EGU General Assembly 2015
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Artikel
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Englisch
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PDF |
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In: GRA - Volume 17 (2015) |
| Datensatznummer |
250112276
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2015-12424.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Along the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, the Syria Coastal Mountain Range spreads from north to south over 150 km of long. This range is a monocline structure stopped by a major escarpment that domines Al-Gahb Graben to the East.
The Coastal Mountain Range is mainly formed by Mesozoic limestone that show a major unconformity between the Upper Jurassic and Aptien deposits, and important erosions in the Upper Cretaceous deposits. Locally, the Juro-Cretaceous unconformity is characterized by a layer of continental basalts with fossil woods that reveal a long emersion of the platform. The most recent carbonate deposits at the top of the Coastal Mountain Range are Turonian age.
In the center part of the Coastal Mountain Range, in a small area, the Cretaceous carbonates are affected by large karstic dolines. These dolines are curiously located at the top of the mountain range. This position is not beneficial for the development of large karstic holes. |
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