Sedimentary basins of the East Siberian sea and the Chukchi sea region and the adjacent area of Amerasia basin: seismic stratigraphy and stages of geological history

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The seismic stratigraphy scheme for the shelf basins of the East Siberian Sea and the Chukchi Sea region and the adjacent deep-water part of the Amerasia basin has been developed, and mega-sequences (or tectonostratigraphic units) with proposed age of 125–100, 100–80, 80–66, 66–56, 46–45, 45–34, 20–0 Ma are distinguished. Zhokhov foredeep basin of the Late Jurassic‒Neocomian age is distinguished between the New Siberia and De Long islands. Three main phases of rifting are identified on the shelves in the region with ages of 125–100, 66–56 and 45–37 Ma. The main phase of continental rifting occurred in the Podvodnikov and Toll basins 125–100 Ma. The typical clinoform accumulation of sediments occurred at the edge of the shelf 66–20 Ma. We identified three syntectonic epochs of the formation of clinoform complexes with ages of 66–45, 45–34 and 34–20 Ma. The phase of uplifting and compression in the region of Wrangel Island happened ≈66 Ma. The relatively monotonous tectonic setting with approximately the same thickness of the sedimentary cover began from 20 Ma.

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A. M. Nikishin

Moscow State University

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Geological Faculty

Russian Federation, Moscow

K. F. Startseva

Moscow State University

Email: nikishin@geol.msu.ru

Geological Faculty

Russian Federation, Moscow

V. E. Verzhbitsky

Rosneft, OLC

Email: nikishin@geol.msu.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

S. Cloetingh

Utrecht University

Email: nikishin@geol.msu.ru
Netherlands, Utrecht

N. A. Malyshev

Rosneft, OLC

Email: nikishin@geol.msu.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

E. I. Petrov

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Russian Federation

Email: nikishin@geol.msu.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

H. Posamentier

Consultant

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United States, The Woodlands, TX

S. I. Freiman

Moscow State University

Email: nikishin@geol.msu.ru

Geological Faculty

Russian Federation, Moscow

M. D. Lineva

Center for the Study of Geological Data (GeoGrid)

Email: nikishin@geol.msu.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

N. N. Zhukov

Moscow State University

Email: nikishin@geol.msu.ru

Geological Faculty

Russian Federation, Moscow

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