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Age Limits for the Zaonega Formation of the Ludicovian Superhorizon and the Shunga Event in the Onega Basin: New U–Pb Zircon Data for the Konchezero Sill
New U–Pb data for zircon from the Konchezero sill reliably determine the age of the Suisari Formation of the Ludicovian and the limit of the maximum age of the volcanogenic–sedimentary Zaonega Formation with i...
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Open AccessPaleoproterozoic Dacite Dikes of the Vorontsovka Terrane, Volga–Don Orogen: Geochemistry, Age, and Petrogenesis
Metamorphosed dacitic porphyry dikes were first found in the western part of the Vorontsovka terrane, which is located in the Paleoproterozoic Volga–Don orogen at the margin of Archean Sarmatia and Volga–Ural ...
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Open AccessErratum to: New Evidence of the Independent Precambrian Tectonic History of the Faddey Terrane of the Central Taimyr Accretionary Belt
An Erratum to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X23070267
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Geodynamics of a Breakup of Western Part of the Karelian Craton: Data on 2.1 Ga Mafic Magmatism
Mafic intraplate magmatism is the main source of information about the geodynamics of processes that lead to the breakup of continental blocks. The article discusses geodynamics of the breakup of the Archean s...
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Open AccessNew Evidence of the Independent Precambrian Tectonic History of the Faddey Terrane of the Central Taimyr Accretionary Belt
New geostructural, petro-geochemical, U–Pb geochronological and paleomagnetic data for sills of metagabbro-dolerites of the Severobyrranga and Yasnenskiy complex specify the paleotectonic position of the Fadde...
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The Great Dyke of the Kola Peninsula as a Marker of an Archean Cratonization in the Northern Fennoscandian Shield
The results of geochronological and petrological studies of the largest mafic dyke in the northern part of the Fennoscandian Shield, called the Great Dyke of the Kola Peninsula (GDK), are presented. According ...
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Open AccessEastern Margin of the Neoarchean Tunguska Superterrane: Data from Boreholes in the Central Part of the Siberian Platform
The paper presents data on granites and gneisses recovered by Kulindinskaya-1 hole drilled in the central part of the Siberian Craton. The biotite granites retain a porphyritic texture, correspond to I-type ac...
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The Tectonic Evolution and Provenance of the Lower Paleozoic Terrigenous Rocks of the Omulevka and Rassokha Terranes, Northeast Russia
This paper presents the data on the geological structure of the Lower Paleozoic complexes of the Omulevka and Rassokha terranes, which occur in the western part of the Kolyma–Omolon microcontinent. The Lower P...
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Two High-Pressure Metamorphic Events in Early Precambrian Eclogites of the Gridino Area, Belomorian Province of the Fennoscandian Shield: Petrology and Geochronology
Early Precambrian retrogressed eclogites are abundant in the Belomorian Province of the Fennoscandian Shield. This study reports unique features of retrogressed eclogites in the Samylino study area. The eclogi...
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Neoarchean Granitoids in the Western Part of the Tunguska Superterrane, Basement of the Siberian Platform: Geochronology, Petrology, and Tectonic Significance
The paper presents data on the granitoids of the Yurubchen massif, which make up the basement of the Kamov arch, Baikit uplift in the western part of the Tunguska superterrane of the Siberian craton. Rocks of ...
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Chemical Composition, U–Th–Pb Age, and Geodynamic Setting of Metavolcanic Filla Series (Rauer Islands, East Antarctica)
An assemblage of mafic granulites (schists), plagiogneisses, and metasedimentary rocks, which is referred to as the Filla Series, is exposed in the Rauer Islands (opposite the eastern coast of the Prydz Bay). ...
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Relics of the Eoarchean Continental Crust of the Anabar Shield, Siberian Craton
In the northern part of the Anabar Shield, orthopyroxene plagiogneisses of the granulite Daldyn Group host lenses of mafic rocks surrounded by melanocratic rims. According to their chemical composition, the ma...
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Mafic Magmatism of Northeastern Fennoscandia (2.06–1.86 Ga): Geochemistry of Volcanic Rocks and Correlation with Dike Complexes
The comprehensive geochemical and isotopic-geochronological study of Early Proterozoic volcanic rocks in structure of the Polmak–Pechenga–Imandra–Varzuga belt and dikes and sills of the Murmansk and Kola–Norwe...
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The Mesoarchean Tonalite-Trondhjemite-Granodiorite Associations of Eastern Sarmatia: Age and Geological Setting
Two episodes of Mesoarchean magmatism (ca. 2.95 and 3.03 Ga) have been recognized within the Kursk domain of Eastern Sarmatia. They led to the formation of the Saltyki granitoid complex, which is similar in co...
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Early Cambrian Syenite and Monzonite Magmatism in the Southeast of the East European Platform: Petrogenesis and Tectonic Setting
Abstract—The paper reports new geochronological, petrological, and isotope-geochemical data on the syenites and alkali syenites of the Artyushki massif, and the monzonites of the Gusikha massif. These massifs are...
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Mesoarchean Silicic Volcanics in the Kursk Block of the Voronezh Crystalline Massif: Composition, Age, and Correlations with the Ukrainian Shield
Metarhyiolites are found along with metapelites and metabasites in sedimentary–volcanic sections of Archean greenstone belts of the Kursk block of the Eastern Sarmatia. The age of igneous protoliths of metarhy...
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An Archaean Tonalite–Trondhjemite–Granodiorite Association of the Kursk Block (Voronezh Massif): Composition, Age, and Correlation with the Ukrainian Shield
Framing of the Archaean greenstone belts of the Kursk Block (KB) of the East Sarmatia preserves rocks of the TTG association: those do not form massifs with distinct boundaries, but occur as fields gradually t...
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Adakite-gabbro-anorthosite magmatism at the final (576–546 Ma) development stage of the Neoproterozoic active margin in the south-west of the Siberian craton
In the late Neoproterozoic a prolonged active continental margin mode dominated the southwestern margin of the Siberian craton. Based on results of geological, petrological-geochemical, U–Th–Pb and Sm–Nd, Rb–S...
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Age of island-arc granites in the Shchuch’ya zone, Polar Urals: First U–Pb (SIMS) results
The granitic magmatism occurred at the precollisional stage of the continentalization of the mafic basement of the Shchuch’ya island arc system. The first U–Pb (SIMS, SHRIMP II) data on zircons indicate three ...
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2.5 Ga gabbro-anorthosites in the Belomorian Province, Fennoscandian Shield: Petrology and tectonic setting
The Vorochistoozersky, Nizhnepopovsky, and Severo-Pezhostrovsky gabbro-anorthosite massifs have been studied in the central part of the Belomorian Province, Fennoscandian Shield. The similarity of geological s...