LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTIC AND LITHOLOGY OF TRIASSIC-PALEOZOIC ROCKS OF SOUTHERN MANGYSHLAK

Abstract

The paper considers principles of the subdivision and correlation and a new petrographic model of Triassic–Paleozoic rocks based on their lithogenetic features. The structure of the folded basement and quasi-platform complex of southern Mangyshlak, as well as petrological–mineralogical features of Variscan granites and products of their hypergene weathering, are analyzed.