THE PRECAMBRIAN AND PALEOZOIC FORMATIONS OF THE APUSENI MOUNTAINS FROM THE TERRITORY OF ALBA COUNTY
THE PRECAMBRIAN AND PALEOZOIC FORMATIONS OF THE APUSENI MOUNTAINS FROM THE TERRITORY OF ALBA COUNTY

Summary/Abstract: Regarding the geology of the Apuseni Mountains, it is especially known that they areformed from sedimentary rocks, especially Jurassic and Cretaceous limestones, in which numerouscaves were formed. The geological formations in the Apuseni Mountains are much more complex,comprising very old, Precambrian rocks, over 1 billion years old, represented by crystalline schists andigneous rocks. They are mainly present in the central area of the Apuseni, some of them also beingpresent in the north-western area of Alba County.In this paper we give a more detailed presentation of these formations, because they have a specialeconomic and touristic importance, many climatic resorts and numerous rural guesthouses haveappeared in the area, which attract more and more tourists from the country and from abroad.

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