Geologic Structures of the Arctic Basin

Chapter 1. The current state of the Arctic Basin study.- Chapter 2. Seismic stratigraphy of the sedimentary cover.- Chapter 3. Eurasian Basin.- Chapter 4. Lomonosov Ridge.- Chapter 5. Podvodnikov Basin.- Chapter 6. Makarov Basin.- Chapter 7. Mendeleev Rise.- Chapter 8. Chukchi Plateau and Chukchi Basin.- Chapter 9. Extension structures at the Eurasian continental margin.- Chapter 10. Canadian Basin.- Chapter 11. Pliocene-Quaternary sedimentation.- Chapter 12. Geological and bathymetric data used in submission of the Russian Federation to the commission on the limits of the continental shelf.

Alexey L. Piskarev

Alexey L. Piskarev (Piskarev-Vasiliev) graduated from Leningrad Mining Institute with MSc in Exploration Geophysics. After graduation he joined the Research Institute of the Arctic Geology (NIIGA). 

During the early stages of his carrier, Alexey L. Piskarev concentrated on studying physical properties and paleomagnetizm of the Northern Siberia geological formations as a base for regional interpretaton of anomalous potential fields.  The results of this research later formed the basis of his PhD thesis.

Subsequently, Alexey L. Piskarev conducted multi-discipline geophysical investigations as a part of regional geological program in the Insular and Coastal Arctic (Frantz -Joseph Land, Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya, Novosibirsky Islands, Kanin Peninsula). These works later became a reference point for interpretation of geophysical surveys in the Arctic. After NIIGA transformation into the All-Russian Research Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources of the World Ocean (VNIIOkeangeologia), the geology of World Ocean seafloor became, and still is, the subject of Alexey L. Piskarev's studies. He participated in several expeditions in the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans eventually leading to his DSc thesis «Petrophysics of seafloor bedrocks and sediments in the ore-bearing regions of the abyssal ocean».

In following years, Alexey L. Piskarev focused his attention on wide spectrum of unsolved geological problems of the Arctic Ocean. Using the latest geological and geophysical data, he synthesized them into a regional crustal models, analyzed the evolution of the major structural elements and estimated a hydrocarbon potential of the Arctic Seas.



Alexey L. Piskarev authored 170 published works, including the monographs: «Petrophysical models of the Earth crust in the Arctic Ocean» (in Russian), 2004, and «Energy Potential of the Russian Arctic Seas: Choice of the Development Strategy» (in

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