A -TYPE LEUCOGRANITE MAGMATISM IN THE EVOLUTION OF CONTINENTAL CRUST ON THE WESTERN MARGIN OF THE SIBERIAN CRATON
A.E. Vernikovskaya a , V.A. Vernikovsky a , E.B. Sal'nikova b , A.B. Kotov b , V.P. Kovach b , A.V. Travin a , and M.T.D. Wingate c
a Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the RAS, 3 prosp. Akad. Koptyuga, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
b Institute of Geology and Geochronology of Precambrian, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2 nab. Makarova, St.Petersburg, 199034, Russia
c Tectonics Special Research Centre, School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, University of Western Australia,
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Keywords: Leucogranites, A-type granites, anorogenic and collisional granites, U-Pb and Ar-Ar geochronology, Neoproterozoic, Yenisei Ridge
Pages: 3-16
Abstract
We discuss problems of the origin, settings, and age of Neoproterozoic A -type leucogranites widespread in the Yenisei Ridge. Combined analysis of geological, petrological, and geochemical (including isotope) data shows that some granitoids (Glushikha complex) were formed at the postcollisional stage (750-720 Ma), and others (Tatarka complex), in an anorogenic environment (680-630 Ma). The anorogenic complex contains diverse igneous rocks, including alkaline varieties and carbonatites. Leucogranites form separate plutons within different igneous complexes. They have high contents of potassium (up to ultrapotassic composition in the Glushikha complex), iron, and fluorine and are depleted in europium. Postcollisional granitoids show the highest concentrations of Rb, Th, and U, extremely low concentrations of Ba and Sr, whereas anorogenic granitoids are rich in Ta, Nb, Y, Sm, and HREE. The obtained data point to the augmented mantle contribution to the formation of continental crust of the Yenisei Ridge between 750 and 630 Ma. We also report new results of U-Pb zircon dating, including SHRIMP and Ar-Ar data.
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