JUNCTION OF THE URALIAN FOLD BELT, PAI-KHOI, AND THE BASEMENT OF THE WEST SIBERIAN PLATE
V.N. Voronov and V.K. Korkunov
West-Siberian Research Institute of Geology and Geophysics, 48 ul. Respubliki, Tyumen', 625640, Russia
Keywords: Rift, fault, petroleum potential, Urals, Pai-Khoi, West Siberian Plate, Shchuch'ya depression
Pages: 39-46
Abstract
Geological and geophysical evidence reveals a tectonic (rift) origin of the junction of the Arctic Uralian orogen with pre-Jurassic complexes of the West Siberian Plate. The available data allow an idea of the relationship between the Ural and Pai-Khoi structures. The Hercynian Uralian complexes are bounded by an arcuate deep fault in the north at the termination of Baidaratskaya Bay and contact the Kimmeridgian (?) Pai-Khoi fold com- plexes in the west. The study territory may store oil and gas in Permian (Permian-Triassic) reservoirs.
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