LONG-LIVED STRUCTURAL ENSEMBLES OF THE EAST EUROPEAN PLATFORM. ARTICLE 3. TECTONICS OF THE PLATFORM’S COVER
In the modern structure of the East European platform (EEP) an important role is played by long-lived dislocation zones, complicating the complexes of the platform’s cover and the basement. They are  organized non-linearly, form a large vortex megastructure twisted  clockwise, and are characterized by an inhomogeneous structure in  the vertical and lateral directions. In the stages of their  development, numerous dynamic (kinematic) inversions are  observed, which are  associated with the periodic manifestation and repetition of various  geodynamic settings: collision, rifting, transpression and transtension.  The processes of alternating rotation of EEP using “iris diaphragm”  model explain many development laws of long-lived tectonic zones and vortex megastructure.