Geology and tectonics of Gorny Altai. Guide-book for post-symp. excursion the 4th Intern. Symp. of the IGCP Project 283 "Geodynamic Evolution of the Paleoasian Ocean"

This guide-book includes new information on geological structure and geodynamic interpretation for the Gorny Altai area located in Central Asia (south-western part of Siberia) near to the western cross of Russia, Mongolia and China boundaries. The guide-book was prepared for the 4th International Symposium on the IGCP Project 283 "Geodynamic evolution of Paleoasian Ocean" convened in Novosiblrsk (Russia) 15-18, June, 1993.

One of the most important results of this work was compilation of а Geodynamic Мар of the Paleoasian Ocean of 1:2,500,000 scale. The majority of geodynamic environments distinguished in the map are widespread within the territory of Gorny Altai. ln the guide-book the authors tried to characterize а variety of these environments which reflect а long evolution of the Paleoasian ocean during the Paleozoic. Thus, the guide-book may Ье considered as explanatory note to the Gorny-Altai part of the Geodynamic Мар (Berzin et al., 1993). Since, not ail the structural and compositional units have an uniform geodynamic interpretation, the materials present in the guidebook are а good subject for discussion. <...>