Open AccessThe fault-block structure of the Baikal-Yenisei fault in the region of operating nuclear energy facilities
Author(s) -
Р. М. Лобацкая
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
geodinamika i tektonofizika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.336
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 2078-502X
DOI - 10.5800/gt-2014-5-2-0140
Subject(s) - geology , fault (geology) , fluvial , seismology , block (permutation group theory) , extensional definition , fault scarp , fault block , tectonics , geomorphology , geometry , structural basin , mathematics
The article reviews specific features of its fault-block structure of the Baikal-Yenisei fault in view of safe operations of nuclear energy facilities in the Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The fault is located at the junction of the Siberian platform and the West Siberian plate. Velocities of neotectonic movements in the fault zone and adjacent territories are estimated from data on the current positions of fluvial terraces of the Yenisei river valley, peneplanation planes varying in ages and erosional incision depths. It is revealed that maximum gradients of recent movement velocities vary not higher than 10–8 to 10–9. Average velocities of relative displacements amount to 0.1–0.2 mm per year for intra-fault blocks bounded by regional faults and do not exceed 0.02–0.03 mm per year for intra-fault blocks bordered by local faults. There are grounds to conclude that recent geodynamic activity in the zone of the Baikal-Yenisei fault zone is weak and thus does not affect the safety of nuclear energy facilities operating in the region, including FGUP GKhK (Mining and Chemical Combine).