This report synthesizes pre-2010 geological understanding of the Afrin region in northwestern Syria, highlighting its location at the intersection of the Dead Sea Fault System and East Anatolian Fault System. It outlines the stratigraphy, dominated by Mesozoic and Cenozoic marine carbonates and influenced by Neogene volcanism. A key focus is the structural geology, explaining the Kurd Mountains as an inverted Late Cretaceous sedimentary basin (Aafrin Basin) shaped by regional compression and nearby strike-slip faulting. Finally, the report touches on geomorphology, detailing how tectonic uplift and fluvial processes formed the landscape, and references foundational Soviet-era geological mapping as the basis for this knowledge.
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