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The Influence of Mid-Oceanic Ridges on the Seismicity of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago

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The influence of the mid-oceanic ridges (MORs), including the Gakkel Ridge and the Knipovich Ridge–Lena Trough system on the seismicity of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago area for 1980‒2022 is considered. For each geological element under consideration, seismic catalogs with a single unified magnitude mbISC for an equivalent comparison of information were compiled, the annual seismic energy was calculated, and plots of its distribution by year were constructed. Analytical modeling based on the Elsasser model describing the process of local stress transfer in a rigid elastic lithosphere underlain by a viscous asthenosphere was performed, and quantitative calculations of the disturbance propagations from MORs were made. The time intervals through which disturbances from MORs reach the Novaya Zemlya archipelago are 1‒2 years for the Knipovich Ridge–Lena Trough system and 3‒5 years for the Gakkel Ridge. The maximum joint contribution to the level of seismic activity of various geological and tectonic structures of the MORs can reach 40‒60% of the applied disturbance, which is a sufficient condition for the influence on seismicity of the Novaya Zemlya orogen. The most geodynamically active structures and zones of tectonic stress concentration were identified.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We express our gratitude to Dr. D.S. Nikitin (Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences) for comprehensive support in installation of the seismic station at Novaya Zemlya Archipelago. We are grateful to the staff of the Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute (Russian Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI), St. Petersburg, Russia) for the opportunity to use digital geologic maps developed in VSEGEI. We are also grateful to the reviewer E.P. Dubinin (Earth Science Museum, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia) and an anonymous reviewer for helpful comments and to the editor M.N. Shoupletsova (Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences) for careful editing.

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This work was performed within the framework of a state assignment of N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, state registration no. 122011300389-8.

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Antonovskaya, G.N., Konechnaya, Y.V. & Basakina, I.M. The Influence of Mid-Oceanic Ridges on the Seismicity of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago. Geotecton. 57, 759–773 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016852123060031

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