DEFORMATION STRUCTURE STYLE OF THE GEORGIAN PART OF THE WESTERN KURA FORELAND FOLD-AND-THRUST BELT: INSIGHT FROM SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES

A. Razmadze; T. Shikhashvili

doi:10.52340/pajig.2026.137.11

Authors

A. Razmadze Alexandre Janelidze Institute of Geology of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2454-7620
T. Shikhashvili Caucasus Al. Tvalchrelidze Institute of Mineral Resources of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3660-8487

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52340/pajig.2026.137.11

Keywords:

Kura foreland fold-and-thrust belt, seismic reflection profile, fault-propagation fold, pop-up structure, detachment

Abstract

The Kura foreland fold-and-thrust belt, one of the best examples of collision-driven far-field deformation, is associated with the Arabia–Eurasia convergence. Based on the interpretation of 2D seismic profiles, combined with field geological and borehole data, we present a structural model of the Georgian part of the Western Kura foreland thin-skinned fold-and-thrust belt. The 2D seismic reflection data reveal the presence of south- and north-vergent growth fault-propagation folds. Deformation within the Kura foreland structures was controlled by multiple levels of detachment.

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