STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH’S CRUST OF THE LAPTEV SEA CONTINENTAL MARGIN AND THE ADJACENT PART OF THE EURASIAN BASIN

Abstract

A 3D model of the Earth’s crust for the Laptev Sea continental margin and the adjacent part of the Eurasian Basin was built using the latest seismic and gravity data. The thickness of the Earth’s crust in the research area equals 7–11 km, which corresponds to a highly extended continental or oceanic crust. Basement formation and sedimentation in this area most likely began in the Late Jurassic. The south-eastern part of the Eurasian Basin is separated from the rest of the basin by a dextral shear zone, the displacement along which during the Paleogene was more than 100 km.