Kazakhstan journal for oil & gas industryKazakhstan journal for oil & gas industry2707-42262957-806XKMG Engineering10868710.54859/kjogi108687Review ArticleStructural features of the Kungur salt-bearing formation and salt tectonics in the South-East of North Caspian BasinIbrashevKenzhebek N.<p>Cand. Sc. (Engineering)</p>k.ibrashev@kazenergy.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2979-1056AkhmetzhanovAitbek Z.<p>Cand. Sc. (Geology and Mineralogy)</p>a.akhmetzhanov@kbtu.kzhttps://orcid.org/0009-0008-7508-4882ZhemchuzhnikovVyacheslav G.<p>Cand. Sc. (Geology and Mineralogy)</p>v.zhemchuzhnikiv@kbtu.kzhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1729-0038AkhmetzhanovaGauhar A.g.akhmetzhanova@kbtu.kzhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0437-8820UvakovaSaule K.s.uvakova@kbtu.kzGaliyevNurzhan R.n.galiev@petrolab.kzKazakh-British Technical University12072024628243010202306062024Copyright © 2024, Ibrashev K.N., Akhmetzhanov A.Z., Zhemchuzhnikov V.G., Akhmetzhanova G.A., Uvakova S.K., Galiyev N.R.2024<p>The article analyzes the features of the formation of the Precaspian salt basin and salt dome tectonics in the southeast of the depression. It presents a model of a salt accumulation basin that is linked to its isolation from the Paleotethys Ocean and a unidirectional water inflow. These factors resulted in the deposition of evaporites including thick layers of rock salt under conditions of intense aridification. The halotectonic mechanisms responsible for the formation of salt domes and diapirs were found to be active, passive, and reactive. The first and last cases were identified through the involvement of fault tectonics in the development; the mechanism of passive halotectonics is associated with a prograding wedge, or gradual lateral buildup, of the strata and the rise in the load of overlying rocks. Salt domes are considered to be related to the filling of the basin with terrigenous clastics and the movement of salt layers from the sides to the center. 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