NEOSTRUCTURAL ZONING OF THE RUSSIAN PART OF THE KAZBEK SEGMENT OF THE GREATER CAUCASUS MEGAVAULT

S. A. Nesmeyanov; Несмеянов С. А.; M. Yu. Nikitin; Никитин М. Ю.; O. A. Voeikova; Воейкова О. А.; M. N. Komarevskaya; Комаревская М. Н.

doi:10.31857/S0869780923030086

NEOSTRUCTURAL ZONING OF THE RUSSIAN PART OF THE KAZBEK SEGMENT OF THE GREATER CAUCASUS MEGAVAULT

Authors: Nesmeyanov S.A.¹, Nikitin M.Y.², Voeikova O.A.¹, Komarevskaya M.N.¹
Affiliations:
1. Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience RAS
2. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geology
Issue: No 3 (2023)
Pages: 5-14
Section: КОЛОНКА ГЛАВНОГО РЕДАКТОРА
URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/0869-7809/article/view/660573
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869780923030086
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/WNBUPG
ID: 660573

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Abstract

The Kazbek segment differs from the adjacent Central and Eastern segments of the Greater Caucasus megavault by the relative narrowing of the main zones and their latitudinal orientation. The main units of the segment comprise the zones of central elevations and northern and southern flanks. The application of orotectonic method allowed us to subdivide these zones into a number of regional and local late-stage structures separated by active faults. There are three suture zones. The pattern block structures are separated mainly by downthrows. The original data obtained, which are not presented in standard materials on geological survey, are useful for construction design and in solving geoecological tasks.

Keywords

gorge, river valley, erosion-accumulation cycle, terrace, terrace row, orogen

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