Lake Baikal · A rift basin beneath the water

Lake Baikal · A rift basin beneath the water

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Lake Baikal · A rift basin beneath the water

Cenozoic basin development and the modern lake · present-day map

Interpretive modern Baikal landscape and a not-to-scale rift schematic separating water, sediments and basement rock. Not a photograph, surveyed section or reconstruction of an ancient shoreline or future ocean.

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Lake Baikal occupies a continental rift basin. Considering basin subsidence along faults together with sediment accumulation reveals a geological history beneath its deep water.

Lake Baikal · A rift basin beneath the water
Interpretive modern Baikal landscape and a not-to-scale rift schematic separating water, sediments and basement rock. Not a photograph, surveyed section or reconstruction of an ancient shoreline or future ocean.

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