STRATIGRAPHY OF MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC DEPOSITS IN THE SALT-DOME BASIN OF THE PERI-CASPIAN DEPRESSION

Unique natural structures, the secondary (compensated) basins, with th ick Mesozoic-Cenozoic suprasalt deposits were considered in the salt d ome Pericaspian depression. The place of anomalous basins in the halok inetic development of the depression was defined, and specific aspects of their identification, types, and zoning were described. A litholog ic-facial analysis and comparative analysis of rock thickness and sedi mentation rate in secondary basins and standard sections were performe d. It was concluded that anomalous basins are of particular significan ce for solving stratigraphic problems of the suprasalt sequence of the Pericasplan depression.