Testing Models of Cenozoic Exhumation in the Western Greater Caucasus [PDF]
AbstractThe Greater Caucasus form the northernmost deformation front of the Arabia‐Eurasia collision zone. Earlier thermochronometric studies on the crystalline core of the western Greater Caucasus highlighted an abrupt along‐strike increase in cooling ages to the west of Mt. Elbrus.
Vincent, Stephen J. +5 more
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Scopaeus chalcodactylus Kolenati, 1846 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), a new species of rove beetles for the fauna of Russia [PDF]
The rove beetle Scopaeus chalcodactylus (Kolenati, 1846) is for the first time recorded for the territory of the North Caucasus (Kabardino-Balkarian Republic), this finding moreover constitutes the first record of the species for the Greater Caucasus and
A.A. Aiydov, J. Frisch
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The Greater Caucasus orogen forms the northern edge of the Arabia-Eurasia collision zone. Although the orogen has long been assumed to exhibit dominantly thick-skinned style deformation via reactivation of high-angle extensional faults, recent work ...
Charles Trexler +3 more
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The palaeogeographic outlines of the Caucasus in the Jurassic: The Caucasian Sea and the Neotethys Ocean [PDF]
The Caucasian Sea, fringing the northern margin of the Jurassic Neotethys Ocean, largely covered the Caucasus. Continental, shallow-marine and deep-marine palaeoenvironments delineate palaeogeographic outlines for three significant time slices: the Late ...
Ruban Dmitry A.
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This investigation has been carried out to identify winters with the maximum frequency of avalanches in the Greater Caucasus. The analysis was performed for decades and for the entire period of instrumental observations (1968–2016).
A. D. Oleinikov, N. A. Volodicheva
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Geothermal field of the transition area between the Anatolian Plate and the East European Platform
Heat flow data from the Eastern Mediterranean region indicates an extensive province of low heat flow, spreading over the whole basin of the Mediterranean to the east of Crete (Levantine Sea), Cyprus, and Northern Egypt.
Siamak Mansouri Far
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The genetic prehistory of the Greater Caucasus [PDF]
Abstract Archaeogenetic studies have described the formation of Eurasian ‘steppe ancestry’ as a mixture of Eastern and Caucasus hunter-gatherers. However, it remains unclear when and where this ancestry arose and whether it was related to a horizon of cultural innovations in the 4 th
Chuan-Chao Wang +45 more
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The data of gravity prospecting, magnetic prospecting and seismology for the study of deep structure of the earth crust of the Greater Caucasus according to software technologies have been processed and interpreted.
S. A. Ghonghadze
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Colias aurorina lauta ssp. n. (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) – a new subspecies from the central part of the Greater Caucasus [PDF]
The new subspecies of the sulphur Colias aurorina (Herrich-Schäffer), [1851] from the Greater Caucasus is desсribed. The details of species distribution in the Caucasus and the main morphological features of specimens from different Caucasian populations
D.V. Morgun
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Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Richard E. Ernst +8 more
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