The structure of the Pavlov Hills was formed during folding and thrusting within the Outer Carpathian accretional wedge in the younger phase of the Alpine orogenesis (Lower Miocene). The area under study was subjected to detailed geological mapping including the collection of compass data. Several anticlines associated with thrusts slightly plunging to the NE were recognized. The anticlinal structures were cross cut by transversal faults in NW–SE direction (perpendicular to fold axis). En echelon arrangement (in N–S direction) was explained as sinistral block displacement along this faults striking in NW–SE direction
