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then west, relative to Europe during the Mesozoic, before the principal northward drive in
the Cenozoic. This complicated sequence of Tethys Ocean closure is imprinted on the
contorted pattern of individual European Alpine ranges and associated
Plate 25.1
Molasse of Pleistocene age (light foreground
rocks), formed in syn-tectonic basins amongst active granite-
gneiss fault-blocks (distance) at Cajon Pass, southern
California (USA). Although over 1 Ba old, the granite and
gneiss are caught up in the San Andreas fault system. Photo:
Ken Addison.
