structures-Scythian-Turan and Black Sea-South Caspian [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. The Paleogene-Neogene age of the sedimentary basins is connected with the formation of a foredeep ahead of the front of the Greater Caucasus folding. The pattern of the Cenozoic basinlike structures characterizes the contemporary age of this region. The east-west strike of the belt of the basin-like structures in the north of the study regions obeys the general strike of the zone of interaction between the orogenic folded structure of the Greater Caucasus and the Scythian Platform, which
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