Av. Chekunov, DYNAMIC-MODEL OF THE GEOTRAVERSE THROUGH THE DNIEPER-DONETS PALEORIFT, UKRAINIAN SHIELD, SOUTHERN CARPATHIANS, Geotectonics, 23(06), 1989, pp. 467-475
The importance of retrospective geodynamics in the integrated geologic
al-geophysical investigation of the lithosphere is emphasized here. Th
e principle of evolutionary series is proposed, based on the direct re
lationship between deep-seated processes and their surface geological
manifestations. It permits effective tracing, in time, of the interrel
ated development of different stages of the tectonosphere. The princip
le is applied to specific examples of tectonic structures of different
type, the age and development of which encompass about 3 b.y. It demo
nstrates that the principal reason for development of all these struct
ures is rise from the mantle of deep, hot material with reduced densit
y.