Structure and stages in development of the cataplatform cover in the Central Russian‒Belomorian province

Abstract

The results of correlation between seismic sequences (based on the CMP data) and lithostratigraphic units (based on drilling data) of the preplate sedimentary section are discussed. By the structure and interrelations of seismic sequences, as well composition and facies features of lithological varieties, three successive stages in the formation of the cataplatform cover of the province are recognizable: (1) main stage of the graben formation in the Central Russian and White Sea‒Pinega regions; (2) terminal stage of the graben formation‒initial stage of postrift subsidence in all regions; (3) the formation of a ‘protosyneclise” (non-riftogenic depression) in the Orsha region. The model for explaining the formation of the Orsha depression is proposed.