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A.M. Celâl Şengör
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Associate Professor of Geology, Technical University of Istanbul. Author of The Cimmeride Orogenic System and the Tectonics of Eurasia.
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Asia, the world’s largest and most diverse continent. It occupies the eastern four-fifths of the giant Eurasian landmass. Asia is more a geographic term than a homogeneous continent, and the use of the term to describe such a vast area always carries the potential of obscuring the enormous…
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