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<strong>Geological</strong> <strong>Survey</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Finland</strong>, <strong>Special</strong> <strong>Paper</strong> <strong>46</strong><br />

Alexander N. Lastochkin and Alexandra Y. Krotova-Putintseva<br />

Hypsobathymetric data (Lythe et al. 2000) and the<br />

morphodynamic concept with its system-morphologic<br />

principle (Lastochkin 1991), applied to the<br />

subglacial-submarine surface <strong>of</strong> the Antarctic have<br />

provided new notions about the morphotectonics <strong>of</strong><br />

the Antarctic.<br />

We assumed that the lifetime <strong>of</strong> ice cover – 25-35<br />

million years (Losev 1982) is commensurable with<br />

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INTRODUCTION<br />

the neotectonic period <strong>of</strong> Earth crust evolution. In<br />

general, neotectonic movements de<strong>fi</strong> ned the height<br />

and depth amplitude <strong>of</strong> modern relief, and morphology<br />

and contrast <strong>of</strong> its forms. The latter were<br />

preserved from lithodynamic processes and are the<br />

most objective indicators <strong>of</strong> concurrent tectonic<br />

movements.<br />

PRINCIPLES OF MORPHOTECTONIC ZONING OF THE ANTARCTIC<br />

A morphotectonic map (Figs. 1, 2, 3) is the result <strong>of</strong><br />

morphotectonic interpretations <strong>of</strong> subglacial-sub-<br />

marine relief orography. The morphotectonic map<br />

shows morphotectonic regions (morphotectonic<br />

Fig. 1. Morphotectonic map <strong>of</strong> the Antarctic (authors: Lastochkin A. N., Krotova-Putintseva A. Y.)

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