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U-Pb ID-TIMS age of the Tiksheozero carbonatite: expression of 2.0 Ga alkaline magmatism in Karelia, Russia

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The Tiksheozero carbonatite in northern Russian Karelia is a transitional type between alkaline ultramafic — carbonatitic and alkaline gabbroic suites. The complex is dominated by pyroxenite with a variety of subordinate mafic and ultramafic phases and nepheline syenite. Carbonatite occurs in a main central body and in veins. In this study we have obtained a reliable age for the complex by single grain ID-TIMS U-Pb analyses of zircon and baddeleyite. The age of 1999 ± 5 Ma is important because it places the emplacement of the alkaline complexes in the context of craton-wide extension and break-up events which preceded the initiation of a major Paleoproterozoic orogenic cycle. The Paleoproterozoic age also emphasizes the fact that not all members of the Kola alkaline province are of Paleozoic age.

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  1. Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Fernando Corfu

  2. Geological Institute, Kola Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity, 184200, Russia

    Tamara B. Bayanova

  3. Institute of Geology, Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, 185910, Republic of Karelia, Russia

    Vladimir V. Shchiptsov

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

    Natalia Frantz

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Corfu, F., Bayanova, T.B., Shchiptsov, V.V. et al. U-Pb ID-TIMS age of the Tiksheozero carbonatite: expression of 2.0 Ga alkaline magmatism in Karelia, Russia. cent.eur.j.geo. 3, 302–308 (2011). https://doi.org/10.2478/s13533-011-0029-z

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