Morphostructural plan of Barents Sea shelf

Abstract

Morphostructural regionalization has been fulfilled and morphostructural units of four orders were distinguished. For these units the estimate of vertical neotectonic movements was obtained. Evidences of lateral movements were discerned on the shelf and on the adjacent land. Neotectonic stress field, seismicity, and paleoseismicity of the region are closely interconnected. The results are of importance for appreciation of oil-and-gas capacity of the southern shelf of Barents Sea.