Actual problems of studies of recent platform structures: A case study of the East European Craton and adjacent parts of the Scythian Plate

Abstract

This article deals with the topical problems related to studies of recent tectonic structures of the East European Craton and Scythian Plate. These are, in particular, broad development of cover formations above neotectonic structures (such covers complicate the estimation of amplitudes of tectonic movements); discontinuous distribution and insufficient degree of preservation of deposits correlative to the recent stage; overestimated denudation cut from recent uplifts; different points of view on the type of structural forms (block or bend); character and type of boundaries between structural forms; neotectonic implications of buried valleys; change of structural plans during the recent stage; and geodynamic conditions and sources of tectonic stresses during the formation of recent structures.