Ea. Korago et al., FORMATIONS, TECTONICS AND HISTORY OF GEOLOGIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE KIMMERIDES OF NOVAYA-ZEMLYA, Geotectonics, 23(06), 1989, pp. 497-514
Based on a comparison of stratigraphy in different regions of Novaya Z
emlya, lateral and vertical formational series have been found that pe
rmit reconstruction of the history of geologic development of the arch
ipelago, in general outline, from the Early Riphean and, in greater de
tail, from the Paleozoic through the Triassic. In the Early Paleozoic-
Silurian, three different structural-formational zones existed in the
region. Following the Early Devonian equalization of tectonic conditio
ns, a new structural-formational zonation was established in the Middl
e Devonian close to the zonation that existed in the more southerly re
gions (Pai-Khoi-Arctic Urals) from the Early Paleozoic. After the appe
arance of Hercynian folding, the Urals lost connection with the more n
ortherly regons and the developing orogens began to supply detrital ma
terial to the newly formed Pai-Khoi-Novaya Zemlya intracratonic trough
, the development of which ended at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. La
te Paleozoic troughs of this type existed along the inferred structura
l suture on the Taimyr Peninsula and northeast Asia; however, in the l
atter case, their development was of longer duration. The possible pos
ition of Novaya Zemlya in the overall structure is considered in brief
from the standpoint of plate tectonics and the geoblock model of lith
ospheric structure. The existence of an ocean to the east of Novaya Ze
mlya in the Paleozoic is doubtful according to available geological-ge
ophysical data.