Sedimentary basins: Regularities in their formation and classification principles. Communication 2. Sedimentary rock basins

The article is dedicated to sedimentary rock basins. It is postulated that sedimentary rock basins represent an element of the Earth’s sedimentary shell characterized by the general thermobaric regime, type of fluidodynamics, and combination of epigenetic mineral resources. Fluidodynamic regimes of three types are recognized in the upper part of the crust: infiltration, elision, and exfiltration. The dominant type of fluidodynamics is reflected in the most widespread mineralogical-geochemical zonality and association of epigenetic mineral deposits. These properties allow us to define the infiltration and elision types of rock basin in the sedimentary shell. The structural features of different-type rock basins are characterized with the emphasis on their relations with geotectonics.