Crimea–Kopet Dagh zone of concentrated orogenic deformations as a transregional late collisional right-lateral strike-slip fault


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Abstract

It is shown that the Crimea, Caucasus, and Kopet Dagh fold systems make up a single whole unified by a lithospheric strike-slip fault zone of concentrated dislocations. The strike-slip fault that dissects the sedimentary cover and consolidated crust is rooted in subcrustal layers of the mantle. The notions about strike-slip dislocations in the structure of the Crimea–Kopet Dagh System are considered. Comparative analysis of structure, age, and amplitude of strike-slip fault segments is carried out. The effect of strike-slip faulting on the deep-seated and near-surface structure of the Earth’s crust is considered. Based on estimation of strike-slip offsets, the paleogeography of Paleogene basins is refined; their initial contours, which have been disturbed and fragmented by slipping motion strike-slip displacement, have been reconstructed.

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I. S. Patina

Geological Institute

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Email: ira_patina@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Pyzhevskii per. 7, Moscow, 119017

Yu. G. Leonov

Geological Institute

Email: ira_patina@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Pyzhevskii per. 7, Moscow, 119017

Yu. A. Volozh

Geological Institute

Email: ira_patina@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Pyzhevskii per. 7, Moscow, 119017

M. L. Kopp

Geological Institute

Email: ira_patina@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Pyzhevskii per. 7, Moscow, 119017

M. P. Antipov

Geological Institute

Email: ira_patina@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Pyzhevskii per. 7, Moscow, 119017

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