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Tectonic Evolution of the Basement–Sedimentary Cover System and Morhpostructural Differentiation of Sedimentary Basins

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The article provides geological data on the morphostructural differentiation of sedimentary basins and the results of tectonophysical and digital modeling reflecting the shape and possible mechanisms of this process. It is shown that morphostructural differentiation is the fundamental property of sedimentary basins, associated with interaction of rock masses in the basement–sedimentary cover system. The specific features of rock mass deformation in the basement and cover of sedimentary basins, as well as the kinematic conditions characterizing the morphostructural differentiation of sedimentary basins, are considered.

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This work was supported by the State Budget (state task entitled “Description of Sedimentary Basins of the East European and North American Cratons” for the Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences), the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 16-17-10059), the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 19-05-00256), and by the Scientific Research Foundation (project no. 0331-2019-0006).

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  1. Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119017, Moscow, Russia

    M. G. Leonov, E. S. Przhiyalgovskii & E. V. Lavrushina

  2. Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, 123242, Moscow, Russia

    Yu. A. Morozov

  3. Research Station Russian Academy of Sciences, 720030, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

    A. K. Rybin

  4. Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 634055, Tomsk, Russia

    R. A. Bakeev

  5. Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 634055, Tomsk, Russia

    Yu. P. Stefanov

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Leonov, M.G., Morozov, Y.A., Przhiyalgovskii, E.S. et al. Tectonic Evolution of the Basement–Sedimentary Cover System and Morhpostructural Differentiation of Sedimentary Basins. Geotecton. 54, 147–172 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016852120020089

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