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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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Paleoproterozoic A- and S-granites in the eastern Voronezh Crystalline Massif: Geochronology, petrogenesis, and tectonic setting of origin
The eastern part of the Voronezh Crystalline Massif hosts coeval S- and A-granitoids. The biotite-muscovite S-granites contain elevated concentrations of Si, Al, and alkalis (with K predominance) and relativel...