Lineament analysis in tectonic and metallogenic investigations in the Sea of Japan region

The lineament analysis represents a complex of geomorphological, geological, geophysical and other methods of geological mapping, and it is one of the most effective methods for the territories deep structure study. It was widely applied in tectonic investigations and searches of mineral resources by many foreign researchers, in tectonic and metallogenic researches (uranium, tungsten, fluorite-rare metallic and a copper-polymetallic ores, diamonds) in the Japan Sea Region. This method, as a basic one, is successfully used when developing the model for the formation mechanism of central type geological structures. The lineament analysis allows forecasting the features of oil and gas migration in crust and revealing prospective places of their congestion in a new way.