As. Alekseev et al., THE DEVONIAN AND CARBONIFEROUS OF THE MOSCOW SYNECLISE (RUSSIAN PLATFORM) - STRATIGRAPHY AND SEA-LEVEL CHANGES, Tectonophysics, 268(1-4), 1996, pp. 149-168
The Moscow Syneclise is a vast sedimentary basin located in the centre
of the East-European Platform. The Palaeozoic sequence of this synecl
ise, and especially its Devonian-Carboniferous part, is most suitable
for sea-level fluctuation analysis. The Devonian and Carboniferous sed
iments consist mainly of shallow-marine carbonates, containing several
minor terrigenous intervals; they attain total thicknesses of up to 1
.5 km. The modem stratigraphic scale includes 33 regional stages for t
he Devonian and 32 for the Carboniferous. Correlation of this scale wi
th global scales is supported by conodont, miospore and foraminifera z
onations. The new calibrated Devonian and Carboniferous relative sea-l
evel curves for the Moscow Syneclise reflect late Eifelian, mid-Frasni
an, early Tournaisian, late Visean-early Serpukhovian and Moscovian-Gz
helian transgressions. Several of these sea-level changes, which are p
articularly evident on the margins of the Moscow Syneclise, originated
in response to differential tectonic movements of the Voronezh Antecl
ise and the Tokmovo Uplift as well as to vertical oscillations of the
entire East-European craton.