UDC 551.243.8 (51)

https://doi.org/10.26516/2541-9641.2025.2.186

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Introduction to the geology of the Tunka Valley of the Baikal rift system: lecture for future geologists

S.V. Rasskazov^1,2

¹Institute of Earth Crust SB RAS, Irkutsk, Russia

²Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russia

Abstract. A concise geological overview of the Tunka Valley tectonic structure, sedimentary and volcanic rocks, mineral waters, dangerous geological processes, structure of the pre-Cenozoic basement, and development of the Cenozoic rift structure is given in a way accessible for understanding by schoolchildren and students who have come into contact with geology for the first time.

Keywords: Baikal, volcanism, continental rifting, groundwater, mudflow, suture zone, pseudotachylite

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