DEEP GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN NORTH CAUCASIAN FEDERAL DISTRICT: PROBLEMS OF DEEP GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS IN REGIONAL INVESTIGATIONS. ABOUT ZONE OF ARDON FAULT

Abstract

The deep geological structure of the Ossetia territory and adjacent areas is considered. The role of the leading scientists of the academic and branch institutions in the construction of geological and geophysical profiles is shown. The study is based on materials obtained by specialists of the former North Caucasus geological Department and the scientists of the Center of Geophysical Investigations, in studying the characteristics of the earth’s crust within the zone of conjugation of the Central and East Caucasus. Analysis and synthesis of the accumulated materials allows us to formulate some of the most common issue of Depth Geology, especially those that promote practical problems of the prognosis of mineral deposits and geodynamics of endogenous and exogenous processes. The deep structure models in the area of intended Ardon fault is described with the necessary detail.