Tectonics of the Arctic / Тектоника Арктики

The Arctic is a geologically unique region where the North American, Eurasian and Pacific lithospheric plates come together, and a new Arctic Ocean is born on the continuation of the North Atlantic. The northern geographical and magnetic poles are located in the Arctic. Large ore deposits have been discovered in the Arctic regions, and the shelves contain large hydrocarbon resources. The interest in Arctic research, which has increased in the last decade, is associated with geopolitical interests of the Arctic states to expand their areas at the expense of the deep marine shelf within the scope of the UN Commission on the Law of the Sea. Not only the Arctic states— Denmark, Canada, Russia, the USA, Norway, but also such leading countries of the world as France, Germany, Great Britain, China, the Republic of Korea have an increased focus on the region.
Until recently, the Arctic remained one of the most unexplored places on the planet. Over the last 10–15 years, new geological and geophysical information on the Central Arctic and adjacent shelves has been obtained due to high-latitude scientific trips under national and international programs (e. g., Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf, IODP), international combined expeditions to the islands of the Russian and Canadian Arctic, and as a result of drilling and seismic surveys aimed at the assessment of the oil and gas potential of the Arctic shelf <...>