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The origin and evolution of geological structures reflect crust-mantle interaction. For simulation of geological processes and geological structures evolution in connection with deep mantle movements all possible geological-geophysical data were combined and analyzed and the mechanical-mathematical models of different rheology were used.
Geological-geophysical data for Alboran sea, Balearic sea, Tyrrhenian sea, Aegean sea, Ionian sea, Levant sea, Black sea, Caspian sea, Pre-Caspian depression, Pannonian depression, Aleutian depression, Okhotsk sea, Sea of Japan, Philippines sea are combined and analyzed. Lithosphere-asthenosphere interaction is reflected in geological structures formation and evolution. The zones of the lithosphere plates collision are characterized by high P-T conditions, high seismicity, earthquakes, volcanism, magmatism and active geothermal energy manifestations: volcanoes, mineral waters, degazation, hot springs. For simulation of behavior of lithosphere in the process of evolution the mechanical-mathematical models of medium were used. Modeling gives possibility to calculate P-T parameters distribution in the layers of sedimentary cover, crust and upper mantle in the process of the structures evolution. The existing of stretching zones in back-arc basins can be explained by upwelling of mantle diapirs as a result of geothermal effect and raising of asthenosphere in the process of collision of deep mantle flows. Mechanical-mathematical modeling shows that in the process of evolution of sedimentary basins above raising mantle diapir the structure of superficial swell is changed by structure of deep depression. In analytical decision it is possible to find critical parameters of the problem, connecting the form of diapir, its depth and velocity with structure of the Earth’s surface. The results of modeling are investigated on the examples of the Alpine and Pacific belts geological structures and give good agreement with geological-geophysical data.
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This work was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation (project No. 19-47-02010, “Natural hazards and monitoring for research in Russia and India”) and research topics (No. 0142-2014-0027 “Development of the theory and methods of studying the latest tectonics and modern geodynamics of platform and orogenic territories in relation to the assessment of their safety”).
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Svalova, V. (2021). Geothermics and Geodynamics of the Back-Arc Basins of the Alpine and Pacific Belts. In: Svalova, V. (eds) Heat-Mass Transfer and Geodynamics of the Lithosphere. Innovation and Discovery in Russian Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63571-8_23
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