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Encyclopedia > Central Eastern Alps

The Central Eastern Alps are the core ranges of the Eastern Alps with the highest peaks, located between the Northern Limestone Alps and the Southern Limestone Alps, from which they differ in geological composition. They extend from the Bernina Alps in Graubünden in the west as far as to the lower promontories east of the Mura such as the Hochwechsel in Styria in the east.


Ranges of the Central Eastern Alps (from East to West):

Groups of the Central Eastern Alps



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Alps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (601 words)
The Eastern Alps are commonly subdivided according to the different geological composition of the more central parts of the Alps and the groups at its northern and southern fringes: Northern Limestone Alps, Central Eastern Alps and Southern Limestone Alps.
The border between the Central Eastern Alps and the Southern Limestone Alps is the so-called Periadriatic Seam.
The Northern Limestone Alps are separated from the Central Eastern Alps by the Grauwacken Zone.
Geology of the Alps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3791 words)
The Alps arose as a result of the pressure exerted on sediments of the Tethys Ocean basin as its Mesozoic and early Cenozoic strata were pushed against the stable Eurasian landmass by the northward-moving African landmass.
The Eastern Alps consist of a central mass of crystalline and schistose rocks flanked on each side by a zone of Mesozoic beds and on the north by an outer band of Tertiary deposits.
Throughout the whole extent of the Eastern Alps it is strictly limited to the belt between this fault and the marginal zone of Molasse.
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