Tectonic Evolution of the Siberian Platform duringthe Vendian and Phanerozoic

摘要

This paper presents characteristics of the structural regions surrounding the Siberian Platform and discusses the Vendian—present time evolution of the Siberian Paleocontinent with the Siberian Craton mak-ing up its nucleus. It shows that the paleocontinent underwent significant intraplate compressional deforma-tions with vertical movements and formation of inversion structural features within broad areas. Such epochs of deformation took place at the Riphean—Vendian time boundary, during the Late Paleozoic, Late Triassic, Early Cretaceous, and during the Late Cenozoic. The principal rifting events took place during the Middle—Late Devonian. The paper presents paleotectonic reconstructions of East Siberia at several key time intervals.