On neotectonic control and polygenetic origin of the forested hollows at the Priobskoye Plateau

Abstract

The forested linear hollows at the Priobskoye Plateau are unique morphological formations, not to be found elsewhere on the Earth. Their formation was controlled by many factors in turns. Their evolution passed tectonic, erosional, eolian and fluvial stages. Their linearity and parallellism resulted from their formation along the Late Pleistocene fault-lines of NE strike; the faults are possibly associated with taphrogeny.