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Origin of the Main Granitoid Belt of Northeastern Russia: New U-Pb Geochronology and Geochemistry. J. Toro, West Virginia University, USA A.V. Prokopiev, RAS, Yakutsk, Russia E.L. Miller, Stanford University, USA V.A. Trunilina, RAS, Yakutsk, Russia A.G. Bakharev, RAS, Yakutsk, Russia.
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Originof the Main Granitoid Belt of Northeastern Russia: New U-Pb Geochronology and Geochemistry J. Toro, West Virginia University, USA A.V. Prokopiev, RAS, Yakutsk, Russia E.L. Miller, Stanford University, USA V.A. Trunilina, RAS, Yakutsk, Russia A.G. Bakharev, RAS, Yakutsk, Russia
Northern Belt Main Belt Tas-Kystabyt Belt Cretaceous(?) Granites of NE Russia Arctic Ocean Yakutsk Magadan Okhotsk Sea
Kolyma-Omolon superterrane Verkhoyansk Thrust belt Volcanic Belt North Asia Craton (Siberia) Chukotsk Okhotsk- Pacific Ocean Terrain Map after Nokleberg et al. 2001
Aeromagnetics and Granites SouthAnyuiSuture Verkhoyansk
143-138 Ma 130-123 Ma Scotese, Nokleberg et al. 2001
Tectonic Evolution OimyakonOcean Late Jurassic (Oxf.-Kimm.) 161-151 Ma Kolyma Omolon Microcontinent Siberia 151-145 Ma Late Jurassic (Tithonian) Early Cretaceous 145-100 Ma Parfenov, 1991
Crosssection across Verkhoyansk - Kolymaorogen (after Prokopiev, 1998)
Trace Element Characteristics Collision Within Plate Volcanic Arc Orogenic Granitoid tectonic discrimination diagram (Pearce et al. 1984)
U-Pb Zircon Geochronology • 10 Main Belt Plutons • 4 Northern Belt Plutons • 5 Tas Kystabyt Granites and Sub-volcanics • 2 Uyandina-Yasachnida Volcanics • USGS/STANFORD SHRIMP-RG • At least 10 zircons per sample • Rims and cores
Chersky Range Granites Arctic Ocean Yakutsk Magadan Okhotsk Sea
Main Belt Granites-Chersky Range Pravo-Tuostakh Chibagalakh Chimalga Ar/Ar=131-143 Porozhnotsepinsky Ar/Ar=143 Khayargastakh Pravo Kharaulakh Chuguluk Ust Nera Nelkan 100 km Ar/Ar=144
Main Belt- Chibagalakh 238U/206Pb Ages 151±1.4 154±1.7 147±1.6 155±1.8 200 microns
Main Belt Granites-Chersky Range Pravo-Tuostakh 148-154 Ma Chibagalakh Chimalga 145-155 Ma Porozhnotsepinsky 155±1.4 Ma Khayargastakh 147-156 Ma Pravo Kharaulakh 154±1.2 Ma Chuguluk 151 Ma Ust Nera 84±1 Ma Nelkan 100 km 148±1 Ma, 2 Ga cores
Conclusions • Magmatism in the Main Belt 155-145 Ma • Main Belt Granitoids are coeval with Uyandina-Yasachnida Arc • Main Belt is probably subduction related, not collisional • Subduction under Verkhoyansk Margin during Late Jurassic(?)→ Tas-Kystabyt • Northern Belt is 126-136 Ma