GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS OF THE KUZBAS

A brief summary of the geological history and structural elements of the Kuznetz coal basin is given. The coal beds overlie Tournaisian limestones and were deposited in a gradually subsiding graben, which existed until the end of the Paleozoic. Continental deposition commenced in the Mesozoic and has continued to the present. Coal reserves in the Kuznetz basin have been estimated at 400 billion tons. --M. Russell.