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Groundwater of the Pleistocene aquifer system in the North Caspian and Near-Caspian regions: Communication 2. Significance of sedimentary water integrity for the development of sedimentary basins and paleogeological reconstructions

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An additional very important and, possibly, unique feature of the Caspian sedimentary basin—the retention of sedimentary water in the Pleistocene aquifer system of the North Caspian and Near-Caspian regions—is discussed. It is shown that increase of the groundwater mineralization was caused by its metamorphization during diagenesis. Under conditions of the integrity of sedimentary water during geological history, hydromicaceous clays serve as the main source providing a significant increase of mineralization in the interstitial water of marine sediments and groundwater. The comprehensive examination of sedimentary processes in the Neopleistocene Caspian Basin and groundwater formation in the Pleistocene aquifer system of the northern Near-Caspian region made it possible to determine (and, frequently, to quantify) a system of specific natural factors and conditions (at the quantitative level in many cases). They can be used for the assessment of retention or displacement of sedimentary water from the sedimentary basin with a high degree of confidence. This is of great importance for the study of present-day sedimentary basins and geological reconstructions.

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Golovanova, O.V. Groundwater of the Pleistocene aquifer system in the North Caspian and Near-Caspian regions: Communication 2. Significance of sedimentary water integrity for the development of sedimentary basins and paleogeological reconstructions. Lithol Miner Resour 50, 322–340 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0024490215040021

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