T51B-2884
U-Pb (SIMS) Zircon Ages of Granitoids from the Basement of Pechora Basin
Friday, 18 December 2015
Poster Hall (Moscone South)
Anna A Soboleva1, Valentin L Andreichev1, Elena G Dovzhikova2, Matthew A Coble3, Sergei A Sergeev4, Elizabeth L Miller5 and Yuri L Ronkin6, (1)Institute of Geology, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russia, (2)Ukhta State Technical University, Ukhta, Russia, (3)Stanford University, School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States, (4)A.P.Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia, (5)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (6)The Zavaritsky Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Abstract:
SIMS dating (SHRIMP-RG, SHRIMP-II) of zircons from granitoids penetrated by boreholes in the basement of Pechora Basin yield mostly ages of 544-565 Ma similar to Pb-Pb ages by Gee et al. (2000). Intrusive rocks studied in 8 boreholes are subduction-related mainly I-type granitoids within the Pripechora-Ilych-Chikshino fault zone, an assumed Neoproterozoic suture (Olovyanishnikov et al., 1995, Kostiuchenko, 1994). Older granites and plagiogranites in the 1-Prilukskaya borehole (595 ± 14 Ma) and 1-Nizhnyaya Omra borehole (602 ± 2 Ma) also have geochemical characteristics of subduction-related rocks. Their origin is probably related to the long-term development of active margin magmatism within the Arctida paleocontinent. The most ancient of the granitoids studied are sub-alkaline A-type granites from the 50-West Hilchuyu borehole (625 ± 25 Ma) and granosyenites and granodiorites of the 2-Veyak borehole (607 ± 6 Ma). Their within plate geochemical characteristics (high alkalinity, relatively high content of HREE, HFSE, and crustal ISr = 0.70622 (2-Veyak borehole) indicate that granite melts were generated in thick continental crust and indirectly support the hypothesis of existence of Pre-Neoproterozoic blocks of continental crust in the basement of the NE part of the Pechora Basin. These granites were formed prior to the proposed Timanide collision or accretion. They are comparable to 613-617 Ma syenites and subalkaline granites which intruded the NE passive margin of Baltica and are exposed at the surface in the Northern Timan (Larionov et al., 2004). This magmatic stage marks Late Neoproterozoic rifting on the NE edge of Baltica during which rifting apart of continental crustal blocks could have occurred. As suggested by geophysical data, one of these, the Khoreyver microcontinent (Olovyanishnikov et al., 1995) currently lies at a depth of more than 4 km beneath the Pechora Basin. At the end of Vendian to the beginning of Cambrian time, these terranes, which could represent part of the active margin of Arctida, might have been incorporated into the NE (modern coordinates) sector of the fold-thrust Timanide Orogen during tectonic shortening.
