Geologic Structures of the Arctic Basin

About this book

This book contains the most complete description of the geologic and geophysical data of the structure of Arctic Basin including structures of the earth's crust, crustal and acoustic basement, and sedimentary cover. The book includes information about extracted and studied cores and samples; observed, processed and interpreted data on geophysical anomalies and different conceptions, and a hypotheses of the origin of the modern Arctic Basin structures. Progress in solving the problems of the Arctic Basin geology is presented in the chapters and include contributions from leading field experts.

Contents

1. The current state of the Arctic Basin study
2. Seismic stratigraphy of the sedimentary cover
3. Eurasian Basin
4. Lomonosov Ridge
5. Podvodnikov Basin
6. Makarov Basin
7. Mendeleev Rise
8. Chukchi Plateau and Chukchi Basin
9. Extension structures at the Eurasian continental margin
10. Canadian Basin
11. Pliocene-Quaternary sedimentation
12. Geological and bathymetric data used in submission of the Russian Federation to the commission on the limits of the continental shelf

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Biography

Alexey L. Piskarev (Piskarev-Vasiliev) graduated from Leningrad Mining Institute with MSc in Exploration Geophysics. Upon graduating from the Leningrad Mining Institute with MSc in Exploration Geophysics, Victor A. Poselov was involved in land seismic oil and gas exploration in the Timan - Pechora Province. Valery D. Kaminsky had graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University with MSc in geophysics.