Fold mountains of Eurasia (Paper l. Morphology and distribution)

Abstract

Fold mountains are characteristic element of Alpine-Himalayan active belt. They are forming due to disruption of upper layered plates along detachments, their contortion and tectonic piling. Jura Mountains and Subalps are the morphotype of such structures, they most often occur in the South Asia, where they constitute the south limb of Iran-Asia-Minor orogenic belt.