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Geology of Greece: How the Country’s Beautiful Landscape Formed

Greece and its geology are a wonder of nature, with the nation a paradise blessed with high mountains, blue seas and over six thousand islands. But it’s all a big geological accident, the result of millions of years of violent earth movements on a planetary scale.
The story of Greece and its geology begins around 250 million years ago when the continents had all come together into one single land mass that geologists call Pangea.

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A stunningly unique phenomenon of geology in Greece: The Folded Marls near Agios Pavlos, on the island of Crete. Credit: Tony Cross.
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