Abstract
The performed morphotectonic regionalization of the northwestern Caucasus shows that the fold structures directly expressed in the topography of the territory and continuing to evolve under the settings of contemporary lateral shortening predominate in the northwestern Caucasus. A map of fold structures expressed in the topography of the northwestern Caucasus is presented. The districts distinguished therein correspond to the largest regional tectonic units, the fold topography of which occurs at various stages of tectonic evolution from primary brachyanticlinal ridges of the Taman and Sochi districts to the complex fold–thrust and inversion fold ridges of the axial zone. Data on active newly formed fold and inversion structures are given. These inherited structures develop under the combined action of selective denudation, beddingplane upthrow faulting, and thrusting.
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