On the geological structure of the Southern Urals
Abstract
Based on its geological structure, the Southern Urals can be divided into three parts: western, central, and eastern, extending along the strike. The main objective of this essay is to raise a number of general issues—the division of the Southern Urals, the continental Devonian deposits, the stratigraphic scheme—and to provide a brief characterization of the main facies and horizons of the southwestern Urals. The essay serves as a preface, an introduction to a series of works associated with the five-verst survey of the Urals being conducted by the Geological Committee. These studies are to be broadly expanded over the next five years, and their results will undoubtedly modify and supplement the data presented in this essay.
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