Geology and Minerals

Geology of Croatia

The geology of Croatia is predominately composed of rock formations from the Precambrian period. Much of this land is covered by younger sedimentary rocks and deformed or superimposed by tectonic activity. The country is split into two main onshore provinces: a smaller part of the Pannonian Basin and the larger Dinaric Alps. The carbonate platform karst landscape helped create the weathering conditions that form bauxite, gypsum, clay, spilite, and limestone.

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See also

• ▸1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera
• ▸History of Saudi Arabia
• ▸Basaltic andesite

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