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Quaternary Tectonics and Geodynamics of the Moscow Region

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Eopleistocene deformations with an age of 1.8 Ma related to the activity of present-day geological processes have been studied for the first time in the Moscow region. Their qualitative and quantitative characteristics are based on the structural–geodynamic method and morphometric analysis of a large GIS dataset. The values of the stage-by-stage amplitude and the rate of neotectonic uplifts have been estimated and the gradient of the deformation rate of the Moskva Reka active zone has been calculated.

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This work was supported by state contract of the Institute of Geoecology, Russian Academy of Sciences no. 122022400105-9 “Forecast, Modeling, and Monitoring of Endogenic and Exogenic Geological Processes for the Decreasing Level of their Negative Results” and state contract of the Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences.

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  1. Sergeev Institute of Geoecology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 101000, Moscow, Russia

    V. M. Makeev, E. A. Pikulik & E. A. Karfidova

  2. Sсhmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, 123242, Moscow, Russia

    A. O. Agibalov

  3. Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    A. O. Agibalov

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Makeev, V.M., Pikulik, E.A., Karfidova, E.A. et al. Quaternary Tectonics and Geodynamics of the Moscow Region. Moscow Univ. Geol. Bull. 77, 263–270 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0145875222030103

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