RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES VOL. 8, ES4001, doi:10.2205/2006ES000203, 2006
[2] East European platform (EEP) is considered to be one of the best studied among ancient platforms. Main features of its structure and geological development were described in a number of papers by Shatsky [1964]. The most important result of Shatsky's research was the recognition of aulacogens in the basement of East European platform. Initiation and subsequent degradation of aulacogens predetermined the main trend of Late Proterozoic and Paleozoic history of the platform. Shatsky was the first to note the important role of inversion in structural development of the platform sedimentary cover.
[3] In the light of modern data aulacogens are considered to be analogues to Cenozoic continental rifts [Grachev, 1987; Grachev and Fedorovsky, 1970]. Hence, during the sedimentation in the Late Proterozoic and Paleozoic the large parts of the platform were no longer the areas of the stable conditions. It is evident that such changes must have been recorded in related formations including magmatic ones.
[4] In spite of numerous publications devoted to the different aspects of EEP geology the specialized analysis of its structure and sedimentation had not been made yet. This paper provides a new approach to the structure and sedimentary basins evolution during the Late Proterozoic and Paleozoic history of the platform, including the problem of inheritance.
Citation: 2006), East European platform development in the Late Precambrian and Paleozoic: Structure and sedimentation, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 8, ES4001, doi:10.2205/2006ES000203.
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