On fault-type displacements in cover structures

Abstract

The described displacements belong to a special type of fault tectonics, which occurs in cover structures and develops in them as a result of movements of the underlying rigid base. Therefore, displacements of this type are of interest as a characteristic example of tectonics manifestation in the coal-bearing strata of the Lower Tertiary age. A general idea of ​​the nature of the manifestation of displacements is given by the schematic map of displacements and outcrops of coal seams (Fig. 1) and the geological section (Fig. 2). The coal-bearing strata of the Lower Tertiary age (Fig. 2) unconformably lies on the eroded surface of Mesozoic rocks. It is composed mainly of sandy clayey rocks. The underlying Mesozoic rocks in the area of ​​contact with coal-bearing deposits are represented by destroyed conglomerate and quartz-feldspar sandstones.