(CEP USM, 2009) Chirică, Lazăr; Bejan, Iurie; Ţîțu, Pavel
In the geological structure of the basin of the Prut river there are units of orogen and units of platform. The crystalline foundation in the north is at depth of a few hundreds, but in the south at depth of 4500 m. The sedimentary blanket is differently formed of Paleozoic rocks – Neozoic.