Crimea–Kopet Dagh zone of concentrated orogenic deformations as a transregional late collisional right-lateral strike-slip fault
- Authors: Patina I.S.1, Leonov Y.G.1, Volozh Y.A.1, Kopp M.L.1, Antipov M.P.1
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Affiliations:
- Geological Institute
- Issue: Vol 51, No 4 (2017)
- Pages: 353-365
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0016-8521/article/view/156611
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016852117040069
- ID: 156611
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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.
About the authors
I. S. Patina
Geological Institute
Author for correspondence.
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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