Correlation between paleogeomorphological maps of the South-East of the European USSR

Abstract

A series of paleogeomorphological maps of the Lower Volga region, Manych area, Middle and Lower Don basin and Western Caspian Lowland have been compiled for eleven typical stages of continental evolution since Devonian to the recent time. Main morphostuctural elements are shown on each of the maps. Statistical correlation of the morphostructures' development is carried out using criteria of the rank correlation, inherited and newly formed morphostuctures being identified. Paleohydrological network development has been studied.