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Appendix
A.1. Geological evolution of the Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula underwent numerous, often highly complex, tectonic processes
during its evolution, including the collision with the rest of the Eurasian continent in
Mesozoic times and the Cenozoic events that shaped the Betics region. The tectonic
evolution of the Iberian Peninsula during Cenozoic times, most relevant for the study area
of this thesis, was thoroughly described by Andeweg [2002]. In this Chapter a selection
of figures from the work by Andeweg [2002] is used to illustrate key events with brief
descriptions of the events given in the respective figure captions; periods of the events are
therein given in terms of million years (Ma) before present.
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