Morphostructure and deep structure of the NW Caspian depression

Abstract

For the NW Caspian depression an interconnection is traced between the presentday and the Late Pliocene buried topography on one hand and the deep structures on the other, the connection resulted from the buried structures rejuvenation and inherited development. Regional morphostructural plan appeared to be radial-concentric. A prognostic map of sediments underlying salts has been compiled on the base of geological interpretation of morphostructural data, the tectonic structures of the region have been defined more precisely.