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The Ufimian tectonic concentric structure (UTC) is a regional structure with concentric and zonal structure of the internal gravity field. In the Neoproterozoic this structure was at higher hypsometric level relative to the Bashkir Meganticlinorium. The most significant uplift of this tectonic concentric structure happened at the beginning of the Karatau time (~825 Ma) and was accompanied by the formation of a ring fractured zone, favorable for hydrocarbon migration from the Lower Riphean black shales. Due to this, bitumens with higher Mo content in the Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic deposits are confined spatially to this zone. The bitumenosity of the Neoproterozoic deposits on the southern slope of the Ufimian tectonic concentric structure could have contributed to the formation of complex Cu-Ag-Mo-Re ores (copper sands) at the upper boundary of terrigenous red deposits of the Zilmerdak Formation. Positive structures identified in the Neoproterozoic deposits near the margin of the Ufimian tectonic concentric structure are considered to be promising for searching for hydrocarbon fields. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The regularities of reaction of the viscous bitumen (maltha) structure when affected by modulated and impulse electromagnetic and acoustic fields via recording of infrared emission spectra are studied. It has been found that characteristic reactions of viscous oil clusters and links between them are located in the THz range for electromagnetic waves and in the MHz range for acoustic actions, which are revealed in absorption and emission spectra. The reaction of the rest (non-THz) part of the infrared spectrum is described on the basis of the physical-mathematical model of the process of a photon-phonon soliton, which causes decrease of emission IR spectrum intensity after microwave action due to fixation of the electromagnetic field by a soliton. The obtained results, which establish selectability of the maltha specimen reaction on spectral composition of the affected radiation, are important for increasing the efficiency of ultrasonic and electromagnetic microwave actions on the productive stratum during application of secondary methods for oil deposit exploration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]