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==Formation of geological features== The Alpine orogeny has also led to the formation of more distant and smaller geological features such as the [[Weald–Artois Anticline]] in [[Southern England]] and northern [[France]], the remains of which can be seen in the chalk ridges of the [[North Downs|North]] and [[South Downs]] in Southern England. Its effects are particularly visible on the [[Isle of Wight]], where the [[Chalk Group]] and overlying [[Eocene]] strata are folded to near-vertical, as seen in exposures at [[Alum Bay]] and [[Whitecliff Bay]], and on the [[Dorset]] coast near [[Lulworth Cove]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Parrish|first1=Randall R.|last2=Parrish|first2=Claire M.|last3=Lasalle|first3=Stephanie|date=May 2018|title=Vein calcite dating reveals Pyrenean orogen as cause of Paleogene deformation in southern England|url=http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/lookup/doi/10.1144/jgs2017-107|journal=Journal of the Geological Society|volume=175|issue=3|pages=425–442|doi=10.1144/jgs2017-107|bibcode=2018JGSoc.175..425P|s2cid=134690307|issn=0016-7649}}</ref> Stresses arising from the Alpine orogeny caused the Cenozoic uplift of the [[Sudetes#Geology|Sudetes]] mountain range<ref name=Piotr2011>{{cite journal |last1=Migoń |first1=Piotr |author-link=Piotr Migoń |date=2011 |title=Geomorphic Diversity of the Sudetes - Effects of the structure and global change superimposed |journal=[[Geographia Polonica]] |volume=2 |pages=93–105 }}</ref> and possibly [[fault (geology)|faulted]] rocks as far away as [[Öland]] in southern Sweden during the [[Paleocene]].<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Goodfellow B.W. |author2=Viola G. |author3=Bingen B. |author4=Nuriel P. |author5=Kylander-Clark A. |date=2017 |title=Palaeocene faulting in SE Sweden from U–Pb dating of slickenfibre calcite |journal=[[Terra Nova (journal)|Terra Nova]] |volume=29 |issue= 5|pages=321–328 |doi=10.1111/ter.12280 |bibcode=2017TeNov..29..321G |s2cid=134545534 }}</ref>
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