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Russia’s subsurface riches: Status and innovative approaches
The impact of natural resources on socioeconomic development is a widely discussed theoretical and practical topic at present. The authors insist that subsurface riches are absolutely beneficial if used dilige...
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Geochronological and isotope geochemical characteristics of mafic intrusions of the Norilsk region
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Rock salt mass in the Paleoproterozoic sequence of the Onega trough in Karelia (from the Onega parametric well data)
A thick (200 m) rock salt mass covering Late Archean granitoids was exposed for the first time in the Early Proterozoic volcanogenic-sedimentary formations in the Onega trough of the east Baltic Shield by the ...
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Early mesozoic carbonatites in folded formations of the Taimyr Peninsula
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Concerning the issue of paleotectonic reconstructions in the Arctic and of the tectonic unity of the New Siberian Islands Terrane: New paleomagnetic and paleontological data
The New Siberian Islands terrane, represented on the Arctic shelf by the archipelagos of the New Siberian Islands and De Long Islands, is one of the key structures of the Arctic. However many questions of its ...
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New data on the age of dolerites and basalts of Mendeleev Rise (Arctic Ocean)
We present results of 40Ar/39Ar isotopic investigations concerning the dating of dolerites and basalts that were sampled during the Arctica-2012 polar expedition. Basalts were sampled by means of deep underwater ...
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Seismic evidence for the age of the basement beneath the Barents-Kara region
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The Age of Nb Rare-Metal Mineralization of the Ilmeny–Vishnevogorsky Alkaline Complex (South Urals)
The results of local U–Th–Pb-SIMS-SHRIMP-II analysis of the collection of pyrochlores from Nb rare-metal deposits of the Ilmeny–Vishnevogorsky alkaline complex are discussed. Independently of the chemical comp...
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Tectonic Model of Northern, Central and Eastern Asia
The chapter focuses on the Tectonic map of Northern, Central and Eastern Asia at 1: 2.5 M scale, which reflects the current state of knowledge on tectonics of this vast area and which was compiled in the frame...
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Tectonic Domains of Northern Asia
The chapter gives a brief description of the geology and tectonic evolution of large geological structures in Northern Asia, such as orogenic systems of the western part of Central Asian Orogenic belt—the Ural...
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Tectonic Domains of Eastern Asia
The chapter provides description of the tectonic structure and evolution of orogenic structures of Chukotka and Koryak areas, Southern China and Korean Peninsula—main structures within Eastern Asia, which defi...
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Deep Structure Model
The chapter provides results of the generalization and interpretation of deep geophysical studies. The model of the deep crustal structure is represented by a set of maps, showing the crustal thickness, and a ...
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Tectonic Domains of Central Asia
The chapter offers insight into the geological structure and tectonic evolution of large geological structures within Central Asia; specifically—Tien Shan, Pamirs, Turan Plate, Mongolia and Northern China. The...