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Tectonic setting discrimination diagrams for terrigenous rocks: a comparison

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An attempt is made to compare discrimination diagrams of the first (mid-1980s) and second (early 2010s) generations compiled using data for sedimentary successions of different ages. Our results suggest that the diagrams of different generations allow more or less correct discrimination only between the platform, rift, passive margin, and island arc settings. The data for collision sediments do not form separate fields in these diagrams.

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  1. Institute of Geology and Geochemistry, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vonsovskogo 15, Yekaterinburg, 620016, Russia

    A. V. Maslov & G. A. Mizens

  2. Institute of Geology, Ufa Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Karla Marksa 16/2, Ufa, 450075, Russia

    A. V. Maslov, A. M. Fazliakhmetov, E. Z. Gareev & R. I. Zainullin

  3. Institute of Precambrian Geology and Geochronology, Russian Academy of Sciences, nab. Makarova 2, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    V. N. Podkovyrov & L. N. Kotova

  4. Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, prosp. Akad. Koptyuga 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    A. D. Nozhkin

  5. Far East Geological Institute, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, prosp. 100 Let Vladivostoku 159, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia

    A. I. Malinovsky

  6. St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab. 7-9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    A. K. Khudoley & A. V. Kuptsova

  7. Bashkir State University, ul. Zaki Validi 32, Ufa, 450076, Russia

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Maslov, V.N. Podkovyrov, G.A. Mizens, A.D. Nozhkin, A.M. Fazliakhmetov, A.I. Malinovsky, A.K. Khudoley, L.N. Kotova, A.V. Kuptsova, E.Z. Gareev, R.I. Zainullin, 2016, published in Geokhimiya, 2016, No. 7, pp. 579–595.

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Maslov, A.V., Podkovyrov, V.N., Mizens, G.A. et al. Tectonic setting discrimination diagrams for terrigenous rocks: a comparison. Geochem. Int. 54, 569–583 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702916060033

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