THE ROLE OF MESOZOIC GEODYNAMIC EVENTS IN FORMATION OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS ON THE FRAMING OF THE EASTERN MONGOL-OKHOTSK OROGENIC BELT

Abstract

The Mongol-Okhotsk orogenic belt, finally formed in the end of the Mesozoic as a result of later tectonic events, is divided into two flanks: western and eastern. Its formation is obviously due to a regular change in geodynamic events significantly obscured by late tectonic and magmatic processes in the western flank and more clearly defined in the eastern flank from both magmatic and stratified formations. The early changes in geodynamic environment are most clearly determined by the formation of magmatic complexes whose completion is usually accompanied by the strata formation. Stratons framing the eastern flank of the Mongol-Okhotsk orogenic belt in the Mesozoic were formed in sedimentary basins, which are currently isolated to the Krestovkinsky and Ogodzhinsky basins along the southern border and to the Strelkinsky, Malotyndinsky, Toromsky and Udsky basins along the northern border. The deposition environment varied from deep-sea marine to continental. The article attempts to correlate the cross-sections of sedimentary basins on the framing of the eastern Mongol-Okhotsk orogenic belt and considers similarity or difference in their structure, conditions of sedimentation, tectonic positions and dependence of their evolution on geodynamic processes in the region.