ASPECTS OF THE STRUCTURE AND HISTORY OF SUTURE ZONES: THE CAUCASUS

Age of Paleogene deposits of flora and fauna in the southern Siberian Platform (Pg2³ - Pg3¹), determined solely on the basis of palynological data was determined in 1962 in the sporepollen laboratory of the Irkutsk Geologic Board. These data indicate that at the time the sediments were formed the dominant vegetation consisted of typically subtropical, coniferous broad-leaf forests. — IGR Staff.