Present-day stress-strain state in the upper crust of the Amurian lithosphere plate

Abstract

Consideration is given to the issues of studying current geodynamic processes in the upper crust within the Amurian lithosphere plate. Present-day geodynamic processes in the lithospheric layer are shown to be located by different indicators that correspond to geological features of comparable scale and varying extension and are recognized by a set of investigative techniques. A variety of original data on vertical and horizontal motions of the surface is used to indicate the latest deformation processes. The best studied Trans-Baikal block was used as an example to analyse present-day geodynamics in the context of the tectonic flows conception. The present ideas concerning the stress-strained state of the upper part of the section within the Amurian plate have been refined based on non-uniformly scaled factors.