On the evolution of the Lower Volga region relief during Neogene

Abstract

The paper briefly describes methods of paleo-relief reconstruction taking as a case study the Middle Pliocene relief of the Lower Volga region. The Neogene time in the region was characterized with continental environment, development of most important landforms, partly existing till now (buried or exposed), partly reworked and eroded. The very complicated structure of buried surface as well as of the overlaying series of Neogene and Quaternary deposits reveals development of relief and its repeated changes throughout the Neogene.