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The origin of the Alpine geosyncline may have been related to the eastward motion of Africa relative to Europe during the Mesozoic, and orogenesis in western Europe could have been caused by a westward and then a northward movement of Africa.
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HSÜ, K. Origin of the Alps and Western Mediterranean. Nature 233, 44–48 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/233044a0
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