The formation history of the Arctic Basin and the Arctic Ocean according to seismic and geological data
https://doi.org/10.52349/0869-7892_2022_91_5-30
Abstract
Seismic and geological data suggest that the closed geodepression of the Arctic Basin emerged not earlier than in the Late Jurassic – Cretaceous on the site of a vast continent, gradually flooded by the sea. Until the mid-Mesozoic, most of the Arctic Ocean was an ancient platform (Arctida), reworked to varying degree by uneven folding and continental rifting, which resulted in the formation of a submeridional system of grabens and horsts in the Central Arctic Region, indicating extension processes and block movements. Further subsidence of the basin led to the formation of the recent Arctic Ocean not earlier then in the Neogene. An obligatory morphological and geological feature of the emerging ocean is the presence of the shelf–slope–deep-sea plain triad. The evolution of the sedimentary cover of the Arctic Ocean is illustrated by a set of seismic facies maps compiled after analyzing interconnected seismic facies lines that intersect major morphostructures.
About the Authors
L. A. Daragan-Sushchova
A. P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Daragan-Sushchova Lidia Anatol’evna – Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Lead Researcher
74 Sredny Prospect, St. Petersburg, 199106
O. V. Petrov
A. P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Petrov Oleg Vladimirovich – Corresponding Member of RAS, Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Doctor Economic Sciences, Director General
74 Sredny Prospect, St. Petersburg, 199106
Yu. I. Daragan-Sushchov
Academician I. S. Gramberg All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources of the Ocean (VNIIOkeangeologia)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Daragan-Sushchov Yuriy Iosifovich – Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Lead Researcher
1 Angliyskiy Prospect, St. Petersburg, 190121
D. I. Leont’ev
A. P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Leont’ev Denis Igorevich – Deputy Head of the Department
74 Sredny Prospect, St. Petersburg, 199106
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