About active faults and their relief-forming role on the East-European platform

Abstract

Themes of paper by V.V. Bronguleyev at al. (Geomorphology 2, 1998) are under consideration. Author emphasizes that not all of lineaments on the platforms are the faults. By the most part they are landscape-geomorphic manifestation of planetary jointing. Very strong reasons are obligatory to distinguish real fault. It is necessary to distinguish the zones Of stress concentration and geodynamic activity on the platforms.