Timing of Back–Arc Spreading of the Paleozoic Island Arc of the Urals: Implication of Sm–Nd and U–Pb Dating of Dolerites and the Composition of Inclusions in Zircon

Dolerites of the parallel dikes formed in a back-arc spreading setting have been dated by Sm–Nd to the Silurian (426 ± 34 Ma) for Mount Azov in the Central Urals. The age coincides with that for zircons (428.5 ± 3.7 Ma) from the East Ural Megazone dolerites, which indicates the regional extent of th...

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Published in:Doklady earth sciences 2019, Vol.484 (1), p.97-100
Main Authors: Ivanov, K. S., Berzin, S. V., Erokhin, Yu. V., Ronkin, Yu. L., Khiller, V. V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Basalt
Devonian
Dikes
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Embankments
Geochemistry
Island arcs
Isotopes
Metamorphism
Metamorphism (Geology)
Mineral inclusions
Ontogeny
Paleozoic
Rocks, Metamorphic
Silurian
Spreading
Zircon
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Summary:Dolerites of the parallel dikes formed in a back-arc spreading setting have been dated by Sm–Nd to the Silurian (426 ± 34 Ma) for Mount Azov in the Central Urals. The age coincides with that for zircons (428.5 ± 3.7 Ma) from the East Ural Megazone dolerites, which indicates the regional extent of the back-arc spreading processes. Study of the ontogeny and mineral inclusions in the Middle–Upper Devonian zircons from the dikes of Mount Azov showed that the formation of zircons occurred during regional metamorphism of the dolerite and hosting basalts. This metamorphism coincides with time of onset of the Late Devonian collision, when collision processes engulfed practically the entire region.
ISSN:1028-334X
1531-8354
DOI:10.1134/S1028334X19010239