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How did the Cenozoic Alpine Orogeny affect the rigid Paleozoic basement of the Iberian Meseta?

It intensely folded the silicates into smooth anticlines and synclines. It fractured the rigid basement into elevated blocks (horsts) and sunken basins (grabens). It completely submerged the Meseta under deep oceanic waters. It dissolved the granitic structures into extensive karst caverns.

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It fractured the rigid basement into elevated blocks (horsts) and sunken basins (grabens).

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