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Late Paleozoic, middle Mesozoic, and late Cenozoic stages of the Altai Orogeny
I. S. Novikov
Late Paleozoic, middle Mesozoic, and late Cenozoic stages of the Altai Orogeny
Russian Geology and Geophysics (May 2002) 43 (5): 418-428
Late Paleozoic, middle Mesozoic, and late Cenozoic stages of the Altai Orogeny
Russian Geology and Geophysics (May 2002) 43 (5): 418-428
Index Terms/Descriptors
- Altai Mountains
- Altai Russian Federation
- Altai-Sayan region
- Asia
- basins
- Central Asia
- China
- Commonwealth of Independent States
- depositional environment
- Far East
- faults
- Gorny Altai
- grabens
- Hangay Mountains
- intermontane basins
- intrusions
- Junggar Basin
- Kazakhstan
- Kemerovo Russian Federation
- molasse
- Mongolia
- Mongolian Altai
- neotectonics
- orogeny
- paleogeography
- paleorelief
- reactivation
- Russian Federation
- Sayan
- Shoriya Mountains
- suture zones
- systems
- tectonic units
- tectonics
- topography
- Tuva Russian Federation
- Western Sayan
- Xinjiang China
- Zaisan Basin
- Ob-Zaisan Ocean
Latitude & Longitude
Abstract
Altai in the Cenozoic structural framework of Central Asia is a crustal brecciated zone surrounded by stable large blocks. The mobile zone is expressed in the surface topography as mountains, and the stable blocks, as plains. The sedimentary section of the latter includes Permian, Jurassic, and Quaternary molasse, which attests to structural inheritance from the older framework. The Late Paleozoic and Middle Mesozoic activity stages were associated with strike-slip faulting and granitoid magmatism, yet there is no evidence for granite intrusion in the Cenozoic.
ISSN: 1068-7971
Serial Title: Russian Geology and Geophysics
Serial Volume: 43
Serial Issue: 5
Title: Late Paleozoic, middle Mesozoic, and late Cenozoic stages of the Altai Orogeny
Author(s): Novikov, I. S.
Affiliation: Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, United Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineralogy,
Novosibirsk,
Russian Federation
Pages: 418-428
Published: 200205
Text Language: English
Publisher: Allerton Press,
New York, NY,
United States
References: 47
Accession Number: 2023-001718
Categories: Structural geology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. geol. sketch map
N49°12'00" - N50°40'00", E85°30'00" - E89°42'00"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2023, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from GeoScienceWorld, Alexandria, VA, United States
Update Code: 2023