An atlas of the geology and mineral deposits of Ukraine / Атлас геологии и месторождений полезных ископаемых Украины

An Atlas of the Geology and Mineral Deposits of Ukraine was first compiled in the Ukrainian language after a long period of geological investigations. Its preparation was carried out using newly developed concepts in geology and geophysics, such as the evolution of the Earth's crust, its fracturing and non-uniformity, its division into geoblocks, its tectonic-magmatic activation, geodynamics, metallogenesis and the emergence of metallogenic provinces.
This English language edition of the Atlas contains 75 maps with short explanatory notes. During the compilation of various maps, extensive research was carried out on the existing literature in both the Ukrainian and Russian languages. Geological literature from the countries bordering Ukraine was also used.
The geology of Ukraine spans a huge time interval, from the ancient Archean to the most recent eras, a period of some 3.5 billion years. In this period the geology passed through several stages of volcanic-sedimentary accumulations, magmatisms, orogenic tectonisms and mineral deposition. The principal geologic structures include the Precambrian of the Ukrainian Shield, the Proterozoic mobile belts and other structures in the Ukrainian Shield, the old East European Platform, the younger Scythian Plate, the folded areas of the Donbas and the Carpathian and Crimean Mountains. Ukraine is the geological and geographical center of Europe. The main geological structures of the European continent, such as the East European, the West European and the Central European platforms, the Tethys structures, the Alpine-Carpathian and the Crimean-Caucasus folded structures meet each other on its territory. The geographical center of Europe is situated near Rakhiv in Transcarpathia (Zakarpattia oblast’). <...>