The following structural elements in the South Caspian megadepr ession (SCMD) have been considered: the interfluve of the Kura and Gabirri, the Absheron and Baku archipelagoes, the Lower Ku r depression (LKD) and the Godin massif, that stand out geodynami - cally, from point of view of structural and tectonic evolution and oil and gas content. To solve this problem, the geodynamic environment of the SCMD has been analyzed based on the geodynamic chart of the Central segment of the Mediterranean folding belt compiled by the aut hor, as well as the orientation chart of compressional stresses in the SCD and the methodology, developed for the first time ever, for th eir qualitative assessment within the structural elements by means of compiling isomorphic maps. The latter make it possible to dete rmine the intensity and nature of the propagation of compressi onal stresses, the specifics of their impact on folding, oil a nd gas generation and formation of hydrocarbon accumulations. The Kur-Gabirri interfluve is situated in the west of the SCMD between the closely located Greater and Lesser Caucasian collisi ons. It is characterized by oil and gas bearing and potential sublat itudinally oriented linear folds, complicated by faulting and mu d &volcanism. The values of isolines of the isomorphic map and their density ar e indicative of high intensity of the north-west oriented comp ressional stresses here. The Absheron archipelago is a western element of the Absher on-Balkhan residual su&bduction. According to the isomorphic map with a dense network of isolines of sublatitudinal orientation, the archipelago is complicated by linear folding, as well as th rusts, trans- verse strike-slip faults, mud volcanism, oil and gas content, a &nd oil and gas manifestations indicating the build-up of intense compres- sional stresses here. Evolution of folds within the Baku archipelago and the Lower Kur depression took place under the stresses of longitudinal and transverse bending. The f&aintly pronounced linearity of the compressional stresses is a pparently associated with the formation of the Western Board of the SCD in the form of a regional submeridianal uplift. It developed under the impact of compressional stresses arising fro&m the effect of the northeastern projection of the Arabian plate on the Iranian one. LKD is an onshore extension of the Baku archipel ago. Its anticline zones, regional faults, mud volcanism and oil and gas content continue in the latter. The God&in Massif is the easternmost structural element of those considered with a faintly pronounced reflected folding of unkno wn prospects. Isolines of the isomorphic map are not directly associ ated with local uplifts, which is indicative of the absenc&e of clearly pronounced compressional stresses here. The analysis made it possible to determine the degree of develo pment of compressional stresses, their impact upon formation of the sedimentary section, folding, mud volcanism and oil a nd gas c&ontent of the considered structural elements.
У Південнокаспійській мегазападині ( ПКМЗ ) розглянуто такі структурні елементи : межиріччя Кури і Габирри , Абшеронський і Ба - кинський архіпелаги , Нижньокуринська западина і масив Годіна , & що відрізняються геодинамічним і структурно - тектонічним розвит - ком , а також нафтогазоносністю . Для вирішення поставленого завдання було проаналізовано геодинамічний режим ПКМЗ , на основі складених автором геодинамі - чної схеми Центральног&о сегмента Середземноморського гірничо - складчастого пояса , схеми орієнтації стискальних напруг в НКВЗ і вперше розробленої методики їхньої якісної оцінки в межах структурних елементів шляхом складання карт ізоморф . Останні до - зволяють визначи&ти інтенсивність і характер поширення стискальних напруг , особливості їхнього впливу на складкоутворення , нафтогазогенерацію і формування скупчень вуглеводнів . Межиріччя Кури і Габирри розміщено на заході ПКЗ між близько розташованими Мало - і&
