The age and tectonic setting of volcanic and cherty sequences in the ophiolite complex of the Atbashe Ridge (Southern Tien Shan)

Researchers carried out micropaleontological study of chertyvolcanic sequences developed within the ophiolite belt in the Atbashe and Dzhangdzhir ridges. The similarity of the Devonian and Lower Carboniferous sections in different sheets suggests that identical paleotectonic settings existed in the...

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Published in:Doklady earth sciences 2007-04, Vol.413 (2), p.380-383
Main Authors: Alekseev, D. V., Aristov, V. A., Degtyarev, K. E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carboniferous
Deformation
Devonian
Geological time
Oceanography
Paleontology
Plate tectonics
Silurian
Volcanology
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Summary:Researchers carried out micropaleontological study of chertyvolcanic sequences developed within the ophiolite belt in the Atbashe and Dzhangdzhir ridges. The similarity of the Devonian and Lower Carboniferous sections in different sheets suggests that identical paleotectonic settings existed in the whole area. As in neighboring nappes, volcaniccherty sequences developed in the ophiolite belt are likely to be initially underlain by Silurian and Lower Devonian deepwater sediments and tectonically superposed with formations of the melanocratic basement during deformations.
ISSN:1028-334X
1531-8354
DOI:10.1134/S1028334X07030130