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M. S. Zhmud

Kopetdagh-Balkhan marginal suture – a new look at the structure and formation

In a longitudinally-step model of the Kopet Dagh-Balkhan marginal suture, the dependence of structural position of suture blocks on the western Kopet Dagh decline and southeastern dipping of adjacent structures of the Turan Plate is shown for the first time. In contrast to existing notions on the Neogenic-anthropogenic age of the whole marginal suture structure, long-term, since the Jurassic, formation of its Peredovaya step is substantiated.
Key words: Kopet Dagh, tectonics, marginal suture.