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Geology and tectonics of the northeast Russian Arctic region, based on seismic data

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The structure of the sedimentary cover and acoustic basement in the northeastern Russian Arctic region is analyzed. Beneath the western continuation of the North Chukchi trough and Vil’kitskii trough, a Late Caledonian (Ellesmere) folded and metamorphozed basement is discovered. It is supposed that Caledonides continue further into the Podvodnikov Basin until the Geofizikov branch. A large magnetic anomaly in the Central Arctic zone has been verified by seismostratigraphic data: the acoustic basement beneath the Mendeleev (and partially Alpha) Ridge is overlain by trapps. Wave field analysis showed that the acoustic basement of the Lomonosov Ridge has folded structure, whereas beneath the Mendeleev Ridge, the sporadic presence of a weakly folded stratum of Paleozoic platform deposits is interpreted. It is supposed that the Caledonian and Late Cimmerian fold belts in the periphery of the Arctida paleocontinent appeared as a result of collision between arctic continental masses and southern ones. After Miocene extension and block displacements identified from appearance of horsts, grabens, and transverse rises both on the shelf and in the ocean, a general subsidence took place and the present-day shelf, slope, and the deepwater part of the Arctic Ocean formed.

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  1. Karpinsky All-Russia Research Geological Institute, Srednii pr. 74, St. Petersburg, 199106, Russia

    L. A. Daragan-Sushchova, O. V. Petrov, N. N. Sobolev & L. R. Grin’ko

  2. Gramberg All-Russia Instutute for the World Ocean Geology and Mineral Resources, Angliiskii pr. 1, St. Petersburg, 190121, Russia

    Yu. I. Daragan-Sushchov

  3. OAO Dal’morneftegeofizika, pr. Mira 426, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693004, Russia

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Original Russian Text © L.A. Daragan-Sushchova, O.V. Petrov, N.N. Sobolev, Yu.I. Daragan-Sushchov, L.R. Grin’ko, N.A. Petrovskaya, 2015, published in Geotektonika, 2015, No. 6, pp. 3–19.

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Daragan-Sushchova, L.A., Petrov, O.V., Sobolev, N.N. et al. Geology and tectonics of the northeast Russian Arctic region, based on seismic data. Geotecton. 49, 469–484 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016852115060023

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