Paleozoic geography and paleomagnetism of Kazakhstan [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Maxim Alexyutin

Paleozoic Geography and Paleomagnetism of Kazakhstan Inaugural-Dissertation Zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Fakultät für Geowissenschaften der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München vorgelegt von Dipl.-Geol. Maxim Alexyutin am 17. Juni 2005 i 1. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. V. Bachtadse 2. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. H.C. Soffel Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 01.02.2006 1 Contents Preamble ………………………………………………….………………………………….. 3 Zusammenfassung..................................................................................................................... 4 Summary…................................................................................................................................ 6 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………… 8 1. State of the art …………………………………………………………………….. 8 2. A critical appraisal of paleotectonic models for the evolution of Kazakhstan during Paleozoic times ...……………………………….………………………… 13 3. Methodology……………………………………………………………………… 15Part 1. Paleomagnetism of Ordovician and Silurian rocks from the Chu-Yili and Kendyktas mountains, South Kazakhstan …...………………………………………………….... 16 1.1. Tectonic setting ………………………………………………………………… 16 1.2. Geology and sampling………………………………………………………….. 17 1.3. Results……………………………………………………………….………….. 21 1.4.