Aulacogen
Aulacógeno
- Date
- 1946 · confidence medium
- Place
- Moscow, Russia
- Credited to
- Nikolay Shatsky
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
A plate-tectonics concept denoting the failed arm of a triple junction, a rift that stopped being active and remained as a scar in the continental crust.
Term coined by Soviet geologist Nikolay Shatsky.
What it led to
- Better interpretation of intracontinental sedimentary basins
- Models of continental margin evolution
Built on
- Plate tectonics theory