Geology Reference
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Table 5.1
(Cont
.
)
Total clay porosity, %
Slowed-down clay rock compaction
Very limited clay rock compaction
Alternating sands and clays. Clay members up to 150-350 m thick.
Clay content of section up to 70%
Mostly clays, Clay members up to 400-500 m thick.
Clay content of section over 80%
Mobile belts
Slightly-
activated
platform
Mobile belts
Activated
platform
Adriatic
South Caspian
Middle
Caspian
Los
Angeles
Middle
Caspian
South
Caspian
Azov-Kuban
Middle Caspian
Gulf of
Mexico
Padan
depression
SW
Apsheron,
Gobustan,
North
Baku
Archipel.
SW
Turkmeni-
stan
Sunzha
zone of
Tersk-
Caspian
Trough
Los
Angeles
depression
Plain
Dagestan
(ater
Vassoyevich)
South
part of
Baku
Archipel.
South
lank
of West
Kuban
Trough
Kerch
Peninsula
Tersk-Caspian
Trough
Gulf
Coast
Te r s k
P i e d m o n t
N
2
Pg
3
+ N
1
N
1
Pg
3
+ N
1
N
2
Pg
3
+ N
1
Kz
Pg
3
+ N
1
Kz
500
31.1
30.4
25.4
39.1
40.3
43.4
16.5
31.6
1,000
26.4
25.2
22.5
29.9
31.0
37.5
11.2
28.0
1,500
22.1
20.0
29.0
19.6
23.8
28.0
33.2
30.3
7.0
25.2
2,000
17.9
17.0
24.0
17.9
18.7
25.0
29.6
26.5
3.7
22.5
