MOLASSES STRATA AND THE TECTONIC REGIME OF THEIR ACCUMULATION: AN ATTEMPT AT CONCEPTUAL SYNTHESIS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT NEW GEOLOGICAL DATA
Abstract
Molasses are the most typical example of sedimentary formations. Their reality and the need to distinguish them as independent complexes are obvious regardless of the attitude to formational analysis as a scientific method. Molasses are extremely widespread and, according to some estimates, make up up to a fifth of the surface of the continents. However, questions related to their internal structure, position in the general sedimentary sequence and especially genesis still require clarification. In particular, an essential prerequisite for this is the accumulation in recent years of a huge amount of new data concerning both the molasses themselves and the tectonic features of the regions of their distribution.
About the Authors
Ya.M. Gutak
Siberian State Industrial University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
D.A. Ruban
Southern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Gutak Ya., Ruban D. MOLASSES STRATA AND THE TECTONIC REGIME OF THEIR ACCUMULATION: AN ATTEMPT AT CONCEPTUAL SYNTHESIS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT NEW GEOLOGICAL DATA. Bulletin of the Siberian State Industrial University. 2016;(1):9-14. (In Russ.)
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