Formation conditions of Upper Eocene olistostromes and retro-overthrusts at the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus

Geotectonics ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 598-607
Author(s):  
I. P. Gamkrelidze ◽  
F. D. Maisadze
Keyword(s):  
Southern Slope ◽  
Upper Eocene ◽  
Greater Caucasus ◽  
Formation Conditions

Study of factors influencing the transformation of mountain geosystems on the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus

2021 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
pp. 75-77
Author(s):  
Zeynəb Zəkəriyyə qızı Qurbanzadə ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Ecological Study ◽  
Southern Slope ◽  
The South ◽  
Anthropogenic Changes ◽  
Greater Caucasus ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
South Slope

In the article touched such issues as anthropogenic changes in the landscapes of the south slope of the Greater Caucasus, ecological study of enviromental impact, landscape optimization. There are also suggestions for more efficient use of rapidly growing anthropogenically affected landscapes. Key words: anthropogenic changes, Greater Caucasus, south slope, optimization, landscape Azərbaycanın şimal-şərq hissələrini əhatə edən təbii iqlim şəraiti, heyvanat və bitki aləminə, turizm və istirahət üçün əvəzolunmaz məziyyətlərinə, həm də zəngin yeraltı sərvətlərinə görə respublikamızın nadir ərazilərindən biri olan Böyük Qafqazın cənub yamacı getdikcə daha da intensivləşən antropogen təsirlərə məruz qalan bir tədqiqat obyekti kimi nəzəri cəlb edir.

Complex geomorphological characteristics and relief geodynamic features of morphostructural units of the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus

2021 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
pp. 61-63
Author(s):  
Qüdrət Tərlan oğlu Məmmədli ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Geological Structure ◽  
Southern Slope ◽  
Greater Caucasus ◽  
River Valleys ◽  
Geomorphological Analysis

According to the modern geodynamic concept of lithosphere pans, the geological structure of the Greater Caucasus in the system of geosynclinal and platform regions is very complex. This situation, along with different conditions for the geomorphological development of the area, led to the formation of a complex and diverse relief with different ridges, massifs, inland basins, river valleys and other small morphostructures and morphosculptures. Key words: Greater Caucasus, southern part of Greater Caucasus, southern slopes, mosfostructure, geomorphological analysis, relief forms

Manifestations of miocene acid intrusive magmatism on the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus: First evidence from isotope geochronology

2013 ◽  
Vol 450 (1) ◽  
pp. 550-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. A. Lebedev ◽  
I. V. Chernyshev ◽  
O. Z. Dudauri ◽  
G. T. Vashakidze ◽  
Yu. V. Goltsman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Slope ◽  
Isotope Geochronology ◽  
Greater Caucasus

scholarly journals Metamorphism of the Dizi Series Rocks (the Greater Caucasus): Petrography, Mineralogy and Evolution of Metamorphic Assemblages

Baltica ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 185-202
Author(s):  
Irakli Javakhishvili ◽  
David Shengelia ◽  
Tamara Tsutsunava ◽  
Giorgi Chichinadze ◽  
Giorgi Beridze ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Regional Metamorphism ◽  
Crystalline Basement ◽  
Contact Metamorphism ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Metamorphic Rocks ◽  
Southern Slope ◽  
Greater Caucasus ◽  
The Core ◽  
Icp Ms ◽  
Higher Temperature

The Dizi Series is exposed within the Southern Slope zone of the Greater Caucasus, in the core of the Svaneti anticlinorium. It is mainly composed of terrigenous, volcanogenic and carbonate rocks faunistically dated from the Devonian to the Triassic inclusive. Regional and contact metamorphism of the Dizi Series rocks was studied. It is stated that the degree of regional metamorphism corresponds to the chlorite-sericite subfacies of the greenschist facies, occurring at a temperature of 300–350°C and a pressure of 1.5–2.3 kbar. As a result of the action of the Middle Jurassic intrusive rock bodies, the regionally metamorphosed rocks of the Dizi Series underwent contact metamorphism. Three zones of contact metamorphism were distinguished corresponding to albite-epidote-hornfels, andalusite-biotite-muscovite-chlorite-hornfels and andalusite-biotite-muscovite-hornfels subfacies. Contact metamorphism took place at a significantly higher temperature and lower pressure than the preceding regional metamorphism. The maximum temperature of the contact metamorphism reached ≈ 570°С, while pressure varied within the range of ≈ 0.3–0.8 kbar. The evolution of rock associations of regional and contact metamorphism of the Dizi Series was studied. The fields of facies and subfacies of regional and contact metamorphism are shown in the Ps-T diagram. Three age populations of zircons were identified using U-Pb LA-ICP-MS dating of the diorite-porphyrite intrusion in the Dizi Series: Zrn1 (ca. 2200 Ma) and Zrn2 (458 ± 29 Ma) that were captured by the diorite-porphyrite magma from the ancient magmatic and metamorphic rocks of the crystalline basement, and Zrn3 (166.5 ± 4.6 Ma) that corresponds to the age of diorite-porphyrite crystallization.

On the possible analogy between the Dizi Series of the Southern slope zone of the Greater Caucasus and the folded basement of the plain Crimea: composition, metamorphism, magmatism and age

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irakli Javakhishvili ◽  
David Shengelia ◽  
Tamara Tsutsunava ◽  
Giorgi Chichinadze ◽  
Giorgi Beridze ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Jurassic ◽  
Regional Metamorphism ◽  
Geological Structure ◽  
Greenschist Facies ◽  
Igneous Rocks ◽  
Contact Metamorphism ◽  
Southern Slope ◽  
Quartz Syenite ◽  
Greater Caucasus ◽  
Geological Conditions

<p>The Dizi Series is exposed within the Southern slope zone of the Greater Caucasus that occurs as a complex geological structure, which constitutes an integral part of the Mediterranean (Alpine-Himalayan) collisional orogenic belt. It is built up of terrigenous and volcanogenic-sedimentary rocks faunistically dated from the Devonian to Triassic inclusive (Somin, 1971; Somin, Belov, 1976; Kutelia 1983). Most of them are metamorphosed under conditions of chlorite-sericite subfacies of the greenschist facies of regional metamorphism (chlorite-phengite-albite±quartz, graphite-sericite-quartz phyllites and marbleized limestones), and only a minor part represented by clay-carbonaceous, phengite-chlorite-carbonaceous and prehnite-chlorite-carbonate schists underwent anchimetamorphism (Shengelia et al., 2015). The Dizi Series is intruded by numerous magmatic bodies of gabbro-diabases, diabases, diorites, diorite-porphyries, syenites, monzo-syenites and granitoids. The age of the intrusions was defined by K-Ar method at 176-165 Ma (Dudauri, Togonidze, 1998) and by U-Pb LA-ICP-MS zircon dating at 166.5 ± 4.6 Ma (authors` unpublished data) and corresponds to the Bathonian orogeny. The Middle Jurassic intrusions caused intense contact metamorphism of the rocks of the Dizi Series resulted in the formation of various hornfelses containing andalusite, cordierite, corundum, biotite, plagioclase, potassium feldspar, clinozoisite, hornblende, cummingtonite, clinopyroxene, wollastonite and scapolite. These rocks correspond to albite-epidote-hornfels, andalusite-biotite-muscovite-chlorite-hornfels and andalusite-biotite-muscovite-hornfels subfacies of the contact metamorphism (Javakhishvili et al., 2020). The analogues of the Dizi Series rocks have not previously been established either in the Greater Caucasus or in the neighboring regions. In our view, Paleozoic rocks similar to the Dizi Series occur under the Cretaceous and Jurassic deposits within the folded basement of the plain Crimea where they were recovered by wells. Most of these rocks, as in the Dizi Series, underwent metamorphism of chlorite subfacies of the greenschist facies and, to a lesser extent, deep epigenesis (clayey-carbonaceous, sericite-carbonaceous, actinolite-chlorite-prehnite, muscovite-albite-chlorite, epidote-actinolite-chlorite and graphite-talc-quartz schists) (Chernyak, 1969). These rocks are also intruded by Middle Jurassic igneous rocks, including gabbro-diabases, diabases, diorites, syenites, monzo-syenites, granite-porphyries, etc. (Shniukova, 2016; Shumlyanskyy, 2019). As a result of the contact metamorphism of the basement rocks, muscovite-quartz-cordierite and cordierite-quartz-feldspar micaceous hornfelses were formed. Quartz syenite yielded a K-Ar age of 158 Ma (Scherbak, 1981), while monzo-syenite was dated at 170 ± 5 Ma applying 40Ar/39Ar method (Meijers, 2010). Thus, based on the rock associations, the nature of metamorphism, the age of the metamorphic and igneous rocks, and on the spatial position of the Dizi Series and folded basement of the plain Crimea we assume that these units developed coevally in similar environment and geological conditions.<br><br>Acknowledgements.This work was supported by Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation (SRNSF) [PHDF-19-159, Regional and Contact Metamorphism of the Dizi Series].</p>

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