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This work presents the results of tectonophysical modeling of tectonic deformations in the crystalline basement of the Scythian Plate, including estimated deformation values and stress-field orientations. The morphostructural parameters of the Earth’s surface, which were calculated using the LESSA program, were compared. In addition, some parameters of modern geodynamic processes that occur in the Scythian Plate, such as the level of seismicity and heat flow value, were calculated. The similarity between ancient and modern geodynamic processes allows us to propose that deformational processes in the crystalline basement of the Scythian Plate play a significant role in the formation of the modern topography and makes it possible to use morphostructural parameters of the relief for studying the deep structure of platform covers.
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Original Russian Text © V.A. Zaitsev, A.A. Zlatopolsky, L.V. Panina, 2013, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Geologiya, 2013, No. 6, pp. 13–18.
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Zaitsev, V.A., Zlatopolsky, A.A. & Panina, L.V. The modern topography of the Scythian Plate as evidence for deformations in the crystalline basement. Moscow Univ. Geol. Bull. 68, 339–344 (2013). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0145875213060082
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3103/S0145875213060082