Relief and presumable nature of neotectonic deformation within the upper lithosphere

Abstract

The paper discusses problems of feedback existing between the land surface relief, stress fields within the upper lithosphere, neotectonic movements and deformations. Possibilities are indicated of a large scale interaction between the relief and a number of processes due to gravity at the Cenozoic stage of the geological history. The structural plan of the upper lithosphere is suggested to be much more complex than deeper interior of the Earth.