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Comparative geochemical study of the cherty rocks of the Taukha terrane (Sikhote-Alin) and its paleogeodynamic significance

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The article presents the results of a comparative geochemical study of cherts and siliceous–clayey rocks composing the tectono-sedimentary complexes of various structural levels of the Taukha terrain of the Sikhote-Alin Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous accretionary prism. The data obtained show that the same-aged parts of the cross-sections of the cherty–terrigenous sequences of the terrane lower and middle structural levels are characterized by significantly different contents and distribution patterns of major petrogenic oxides, trace, and rare-earth elements due to their accumulation in various facies of oceanic zones. The set of geochemical data indicates that the formation of both tectono-sedimentary complexes was carried out differently, gradually replacing each others’ facies oceanic zones, and started in the near-spreading ridge area, then in the pelagial, and completed in the continental-margin deposition environment. Based on the time interval of the facies conditions changing for each complex (i.e., time of transition from one facies zone to another), the speeds of a paleo-oceanic plate motion (and, correspondingly, the speeds of spreading) for individual intervals of the Jurassic were calculated. Differences in the spreading speeds at various sites of a paleorift zone caused the turning of a paleocontinent margin contour and spreading ridge axis at the perpendicular position, which in turn caused change of the geodynamic mode on the eastern margin of the Paleo-Asian continent at the Jurassic–Cretaceous transition.

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This study was supported in part by Grant of the RFBR-GFEN, Project No. 19-55-53008.

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  1. Far East Geological Institute, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-Letiya Vladivostoka, 159, Vladivostok, Russia, 690022

    Igor V. Kemkin & Raisa A. Kemkina

  2. Far Eastern Federal University, Soukhanova Street, 8, Vladivostok, Russia, 690950

    Igor V. Kemkin & Raisa A. Kemkina

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Kemkin, I.V., Kemkina, R.A. Comparative geochemical study of the cherty rocks of the Taukha terrane (Sikhote-Alin) and its paleogeodynamic significance. Acta Geochim 39, 539–560 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11631-019-00385-3

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