scholarly journals U–Pb LA–ICP–MS dating of zoned zircons from the Greater Caucasus pre-Alpine crystalline basement: Evidence for Cadomian to Late Variscan evolution

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-263
Author(s):  
Irakli Gamkrelidze ◽  
David Shengelia ◽  
Giorgi Chichinadze ◽  
Yuan-Hsi Lee ◽  
Avtandil Okrostsvaridze ◽  
...  
Baltica ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 185-202
Author(s):  
Irakli Javakhishvili ◽  
David Shengelia ◽  
Tamara Tsutsunava ◽  
Giorgi Chichinadze ◽  
Giorgi Beridze ◽  
...  

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.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irakli Javakhishvili ◽  
Giorgi Chichinadze ◽  
David Shengelia ◽  
Leonid Shumlyanskyy ◽  
Tamara Tsutsunava ◽  
...  
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Author(s):  
V. Yu. Gerasimov ◽  
V. A. Snezhko ◽  
J. Mosar ◽  
A. N. Pis’mennyii ◽  
N. L. Enna ◽  
...  

Results from isotope dating of the Greater Caucasus crystalline basement in the Elbrus subzone of the Main Caucasus Range inside of the HT gneiss-migmatite area of the Gondaray Metamorphic Complex is discussed herein. The measurements of the zircons isotope composition were performed on the ion microprobe SHRIMP-II at the CIR VSEGEI (St. Petersburg). All zircon crystals from the gneiss sample N 526 show chemical zoning and an old clastogenic core. Almost all U-Pb isotope dating points toile on the concordant line of the concordia diagram and show a wide age range from 320–1000 Ма, partially obtained from clastogenic grains of the zircon from the initial pelitic sediments. The youngest ages (320 Ма) belong to regenerating zones of the zircon grains recrystallized during stage of the anatexis and migmatization. The other part of the age range 540–1000 Ма belongs to detrital zircons from different magmatic sources that existed during accumulation of the proto-metamorphic sediments. Several clastogenic zircon grains show a Cambrian age, which is an evidence for the Early Paleozoic age of the metamorphic protolith. Traditionally the age of the Caucasus crystalline basement was suggested to be Precambrian. The ages of rim zones of the recrystallized zircons (320 Ма) have a direct correlation with postmetamorphic granite ages of the Greater Caucasus. It is shown by termochronological modeling that cooling of the Gondaray Metamorphic Complex during a retrogressive stage, from the temperature of migmatite crystallization (650 оС) to the moment of biotite K-Ar isotope system closure temperature (350 оС), was relatively fast (rate of cooling 8–10 оС/Ma) at subisobaric conditions and during a time range about 30–40 Ма.


Author(s):  
М.Г. Газеев ◽  
Г.Г. Гурбанов

На Большом Кавказе известны мезозойские и раннепалеозойские аллохтонные офиолитовые комплексы, приуроченные к разным структурно-формационным зонам. Изучение пород слагающих офиолитовые разрезы проводится в различных регионах земного шара. Однако геохимических исследований на основе анализа распределения редких и редкоземельных элементов все еще недостаточно и, в первую очередь, это касается раннепалеозойских образований Северо-Кавказского региона. Целью исследования является получение (количественных) аналитических данных и расшифровка на их основе геодинамических процессов, имевших место в раннем палеозое. Объектом для исследований были выбраны среднеордовикские габброиды архызского комплекса, распространенные в пределах Марухского офиолитового покрова в структурно-формационной зоне Передового хребта Большого Кавказа. Методы исследования включали: петрографическое описание пород, количественные анализы методами RFA, ICP-MS; расчеты геохимических характеристик; анализ дискриминационных диаграмм; сравнение величин усредненных содержаний элементов с их содержанием в породах (эталонах) близкого петрохимического типа из различных геодинамических обстановок. Результаты. В результате изучения установлено, что габброиды являются высокоглиноземистыми, низкотитанистыми, умеренномагнезиальными, низкокалиевыми породами с натровым типом щелочности. Предполагается, что они являются производными расплава образовавшегося при плавлении деплетированных шпинелевых перидотитов. Положительные аномалии европия Eu/Eu* =1,27‑2,65, и Sr допускают изначальную аккумуляцию плагиоклаза в исходном расплаве. Несовместимые элементы и REE, нормированные по N-MORB и хондриту, образуют спектры линий, близких к N-MORB, но в целом, с существенно более низкими концентрациями большинства элементов. Σ REE в габбро =10,5‑21,5 г/т. Отмечаются: незначительное повышение содержаний гидромагматофильных, крупноионных элементов Rb, Ba, К, Sr и отрицательные аномалии высоко зарядных элементов Nb, Р, Zr, Hf. Анализ петрогенетических диаграмм показал, что фигуративные точки габброидов группируются в полях островодужных толеитов. Их сравнение с породами близких петрогеохимических типов, показывает, что они наиболее сопоставимы с породами юных островных дуг. Сопутствующее габброидам оруденение подразделяется на образования магматической стадии (титан-магнетитовые и магнетитовые рудные концентрации) и постмагматической стадии (карбонатные прожилки с пиритом, халькопиритом). По совокупности полученных результатов предполагается, что аллохтонная структура, известная как «Марухский покров» Передового хребта, не является классической офиолитовой Geology and Geophysics of Russian South 10 (3) 2020 Геология и геофизика Юга России 7 ассоциацией, а сформирована в результате серии надвигов, в которых участвуют образования литосферной мантии и юной островной дуги. The Mesozoic and Early Paleozoic allochthonousophiolite complexes, confined to different structural and formation zones are known in the Greater Caucasus. The study of rocks composing ophiolite sections is carried out in various regions of the globe However, geochemical studies based on an analysis of the distribution of rare and rare-earth elements are still insufficient and, first of all, this concerns the Early Paleozoic formations of the North Caucasus region. The aim of the study is to obtain (quantitative) analytical data and decipher the geodynamic processes that took place in the Early Paleozoic. The Middle Ordovician gabbroids of the Arkhyz complex, which were distributed within the Marukhophiolite cover in the structural and formation zone of the Front Range of the Greater Caucasus, were chosen as the object of research. Research methods included: petrographic description of rocks, quantitative analyzes by RFA, ICP-MS; calculations of geochemical characteristics; analysis of discriminatory charts; comparing the values of the average contents of elements with their content in rocks (standards) of a close petrochemical type from various geodynamic settings. Results. As a result of the study, it was found that gabbroids are high alumina, low titanium, moderately magnesian, low potassium rocks with a sodium type of alkalinity. It is assumed that they are derivatives of the melt formed during the melting of depleted spinel peridotites. The positive europium anomalies Eu / Eu * = 1.27‑2.65, and Sr allow the initial accumulation of plagioclase in the initial melt. Incompatible elements and REE normalized to N-MORB and chondrite form line spectra close to N-MORB, but in general, with significantly lower concentrations of most elements. Σ REE in gabbro = 10.5‑21.5 g / t. The following are noted: a slight increase in the contents of hydromagmatophilic, coarse-ionic elements Rb, Ba, K, Sr and negative anomalies of highly charged elements Nb, P, Zr, Hf. The analysis of petrogenetic diagrams showed that the figurative points of gabbroids are grouped in the fields of island-arc tholeiites. Their comparison with the rocks of close petro-geochemical types shows 8 Geology and Geophysics of Russian South 10 (3) 2020 Геология и геофизика Юга России that they are most comparable with the rocks of young island arcs. The mineralization associated with gabroids is subdivided into the formation of the magmatic stage – titanium-magnetite and magnetite ore concentrations and the post-magmatic stage – carbonate veins with pyrite and chalcopyrite. Based on the totality of the results obtained, it is assumed that the allochthonous structure, known as the “Marukh Veil” of the Front Ridge, is not a classical ophiolite association, but is formed as a result of a series of overthrusts in which the lithospheric mantle and young island arc formations.


Planta Medica ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Kho ◽  
M Kim ◽  
NY Park ◽  
H Park ◽  
JH Shin

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