A Morphostructural Zoning of the Mountainous Crimea and the Possible Locations of Future Earthquakes

The surface of the folded base of the platforms is an important geological boundary separating rock complexes formed in different geodynamic settings and characterized by different physical properties, which largely determine the patterns of formation of minerals in them. Therefore, determining the depth of its occurrence and morphology is not only theoretical, but also practical. Despite many years of studying the foundation of the west of the Turan Platform, there is no unity among geologists and geophysicists in their ideas about its structure, depth of occurrence and surface structure. In this regard, the aim of the work is to build a structural map of the surface of the foundation of the west of the Turan plate, to identify the main tectonic structures and their morphology. The construction is based on a comprehensive analysis of drilling materials and geophysical data. When drawing up the structural map, all the currently available geological and geophysical material was used, including data from drilling, gravity and magnetic surveys, and seismic surveys of various modifications, which made it possible to perform fairly detailed and reliable constructions. The article provides a detailed description of the surface structure of the folded base of the west Turan platform. The obtained results can be used in solving the issues of oil and gas potential of the studied territory. The folded base of the western Turan plate is a heterogeneous and heterochronous formation, differentiated by the depth of occurrence, which allows for morphostructural zoning of its surface.

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Morphostructural zoning for identifying earthquake-prone areas

10.1016/b978-0-12-823503-4.00009-9 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 135-149

Author(s):

Alexander Gorshkov ◽

Alexander Soloviev

Keyword(s):

Morphostructural Zoning

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On late Maastrichtian-early Danian water masses and lithologic and foraminifer assemblages in different tectonic zones of the Mountainous Crimea

Moscow University Geology Bulletin ◽

10.3103/s0145875207030040 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 62 (3) ◽

pp. 164-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

L. F. Kopaevich ◽

A. S. Alekseev ◽

A. M. Nikishin ◽

V. N. Ben’yamovskii ◽

E. V. Yakovishina ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Water Masses ◽

Tectonic Zones ◽

Mountainous Crimea

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Coniacian-Campanian Alan-Kyr section of the Mountainous Crimea: biostratigraphy and palaebiogeography

Moscow University Bulletin. Series 4. Geology ◽

10.33623/0579-9406-2016-2-3-17 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 3-17

Author(s):

V. N. Benyamovskiy ◽

L. F. Kopaevich

Keyword(s):

Benthic Foraminifera ◽

Planktonic Foraminifera ◽

Taxonomic Composition ◽

The Crimea ◽

The Difference ◽

The Impact ◽

Reference Section ◽

Mountainous Crimea ◽

Central Crimea

This article is a continuation of study of the reference section Alan Kyr (Central Crimea, Belogorsk region). Recorded the difference in age between complexes dating of radiolarians and planktonic foraminifera and benthic foraminifera. A likely explanation for this can be assumed that in the Crimea stratigraphically important taxa could appear before f few million years. Than on the platform where they could migrate during major global eustatic transgression in the early Campanian age. The article discusses the impact of paleobiogeographical aspect on taxonomic composition of foraminiferal zonal complexes as plankton and benthos.

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The Lost Fresco Paintings of the Inkerman Cave Churches (“Temple with Baptistery”, “Church of Geography”, Monastery of Saint Sophia)

Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 4 Istorija Regionovedenie Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija ◽

10.15688/jvolsu4.2021.6.3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (6) ◽

pp. 31-51

Author(s):

Yurii Mogarichev ◽

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Alena Ergina ◽

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Keyword(s):

13Th Century ◽

Gregory Of Nyssa ◽

Cyril Of Alexandria ◽

General Terms ◽

Traditional Scheme ◽

John Chrysostom ◽

Southwestern Crimea ◽

The Temple ◽

The Church ◽

Mountainous Crimea

Introduction. Among the “cave towns” of Mountainous Southwestern Crimea, there are monuments located in the lower reaches of the Black River valley. There are no less than 9 rock-cut monastic complexes which include about 30 temples. Methods. Some churches of the 13th–15th centuries were decorated with fresco paintings. Today, frescoes have been preserved only in one church. Sources of the 18th–20th centuries indicate traces of paintings in more than five temples. Frescoes inside the “temple with baptistery”, “Church of Geography (Eugraphy)”, and the Monastery of St. Sophia have not survived. Archival materials that expose the plots and compositions are published in this work. Analysis. The frescoes of the “temple with baptistery” date back to the 13th century. The Deesis composition is reconstructed in the apse conch. In the “Church of Geography (Eugraphy)” (the 13th century), on each side of the throne, four figures of saints are depicted (The Holy Fathers composition). This is probably: John Chrysostom, Gregory the Theologian, Basil the Great, Cyril of Alexandria, Gregory of Nyssa, Athanasius of Alexandria and two more saints from among the Cappadocian Fathers. One of them is obviously St. Blaise. This painting in general terms repeats the traditional scheme of the lower register of the painting of the apses of the cave temples of the mountainous Crimea. The monastery of St. Sofia should be dated back to the 14th–15th centuries. During the period of the monastery’s functioning, there were fresco paintings in the Main Church and Church no. 3, but all the attempts to attribute them were unsuccessful. Results. The analyzed frescoes show themes of Deesis and the Great Cappadocians. They are common for altar compositions in cave temples in South-West Crimea. In the interiors of the cave temples of Inkerman, there are: simple linear ornaments, complex plant reports, linear ornaments with complex weaving and plant elements.

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For a Discussion About Epigraphic Evidence of the Activities of Byzantium in the Mountainous Crimea in the 6th Century

Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 4 Istorija Regionovedenie Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija ◽

10.15688/jvolsu4.2021.6.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (6) ◽

pp. 6-18

Author(s):

Aleksandr Aibabin ◽

Keyword(s):

Roman Empire ◽

Jesus Christ ◽

Linguistic Features ◽

Construction Period ◽

Dating Methods ◽

Epigraphic Evidence ◽

Mountainous Crimea

Introduction. In the basilicas discovered on the Mangup plateau (fig. 3), in the Karalez valley (fig. 1) that begins at its foot and on Eski-Kermen (fig. 2, 1), inscriptions were found, the interpretation and dating of which caused many years of discussion. Some scientists considered them as evidence of the activities of the Eastern Roman Empire in the region in the 6th century, while other specialists doubted both such an interpretation of the inscriptions and their dating. Methods. To substantiate the chronology of the mentioned inscriptions, it is important to consider the formulas and linguistic features contained in them, as well as the stratigraphy recorded during the excavation of temples and the revealed dated closed ceramics complexes. Analysis. The text of the inscription with the name of Justinian I is correlated with the information of Procopius about the construction of the “Long Walls” in the Dory region at the behest of the emperor. Most likely, the inscription reported the construction of one of the “Long Walls” in the Karalez valley at the foot of Doros. It is possible that the stone (fig. 1) with the typical Byzantine graffiti with the formulas ΦΩС ΖΩΗ and κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει...) was inserted into a wall of an apse of the basilica right after its construction in the Karalez valley in the second half of the 6th century. On a stone over the graffiti ΦΩС ΖΩΗ letters of the second graffiti “Ἰς νικᾷ” are cut out which means Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς (Χριστὸς) νικᾷ – “Jesus Christ wins”. In Byzantium the images of a cross with the formula IC XC NI ΚΑ (Ἰ(ησοῦ)C Χ(ριστὸ)C Ν(ικ)Α) appeared at the iconoclast emperor Leo III (717–741) and were distributed in later time. Results. Undisputed evidence of Byzantium’s activity in the region in the 6th century is only the fragment of a plate with a building inscription that means the emperor Justinian I found in a late slab grave at the basilica on Mangup. According to the stratigraphy, revealed in 1938 during the excavations of the Baptistry on Mangup, the graffiti (fig. 3) that caused a long discussion was carved on the back of the cornice in the second construction period not earlier than in the 9th century.

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Triassic formations of Mountain ous Crimea: the first resust of U–Pb dating of detrital zircons

Moscow University Bulletin. Series 4. Geology ◽

10.33623/0579-9406-2020-2-18-33 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 18-33

Author(s):

A. M. Nikishin ◽

T. V. Romanyuk ◽

D. V. Moskovskiy ◽

N. B. Kuznetsov ◽

A. A. Kolesnikova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sedimentary Basin ◽

Upper Triassic ◽

Detrital Zircons ◽

Ukrainian Shield ◽

Primary Sources ◽

Two Samples ◽

Primary Relationships ◽

First Results ◽

Different Parts ◽

Mountainous Crimea

The first results of U-Pb dating of detrital zircons (dZr) from two samples characterizing the Taurica and Eski-Orda Groups of the Cimmerian structural complex of the Mountainous Crimea are presented. The strong similarity of the sets of ages of dZr from the Lower Taurica Formation of the Taurica Group and the Salgir strata of the Eski-Orda Group confirms the facial character of the primary relationships of these Groups. The studied Upper Triassic sandstones had a common feeding province and were formed, most likely, in different parts of the same sedimentary basin. It is most likely that this sedimentary basin was part of a continental margin of Baltica. The presence in samples of a significant number of dZr with very ancient ages >3.0 Ga (including 3 the oldest dZr grains with ages of ~3.9 Ga) makes the crystalline complexes represented in the present-day structure of the Ukrainian Shield as the very possible primary sources of these zircons. Crystalline complexes with such ancient ages are extremely rare over the world, but are widely represented in the Podolian and Cis-Azov blocks of the Ukrainian shield.

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