Abstract
An ophiolitic association consisting of serpentinized ultramafic rocks and serpentinite, layered mafic–ultramafic complex, gabbro and gabbrodolerite, fragments of parallel dike complex, pillow lava, black bedded chert, and jasper has been identified for the first time by authors in the Cape Fiolent area. The chemistry of pillow lavas and dolerites, including REE patterns and a wide set of other microelements, indicates suprasubduction nature of the ophiolites and their belonging to a backarc basin that has reached the stage of spreading in its evolution.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
L. N. Abakumova, O. S. Berezner, G. S. Gusev, I. I. Abramovich, A. S. Kireev, A. G. Konyukhov, A. F. Morozov, L. M. Natapov, V. M. Nenakhov, and A. P. Stavskii, Studies of Ophiolotic Complexes when Geological Mapping (Roskomnedra, Moscow, 1994) [in Russian].
L. I. Demina, M. Yu. Promyslova, and V. V. Tsarev, “The first finding of serpentinite outcrop in the Gorny Crimea and its implication for paleogeodynamics of this region,” in Novye idei v naukakh o Zemle. Doklady XII Mezhdunarodnoi nauchno-prakticheskoi konferentsii (MGRI-RGGRU, Moscow, 2015), Vol. 1, pp. 48–49.
L. P. Zonenshain, M. I. Kuz’min, and L. M. Natapov, Plate Tectonics of the USSR, 2 Vols. (Nedra, Moscow, 1990) [in Russian].
L. P. Zonenshain and M. I. Kuz’min, Palegeodynamics (Nauka, Moscow, 1993) [in Russian].
A. L. Knipper, “Ophiocalcites and some other breccia types accompanying the pre-orogenic formation of ophiolitic complexes,” Geotektonika, No. 2, 50–65 (1978).
V. I. Lebedinskii and I. V. Solov’ev, “Bajocian volcanic structures of the Gorny Crimea,” Geol. Zh., No. 4, 85–93 (1988).
V. S. Milev, S. B. Rozanov, E. Yu. Baraboshkin, and I. V. Shalimov, “Tectonic structure and evolution of the Gorny Crimea,” in Ocherki geologii Kryma (Mosk. Gos. Univ., Moscow, 1997), pp. 189–206.
Yu. A. Mironov, E. A. El’yanova, Yu. G. Zorina, and E. G. Mirlin, Volcanism and Formation of Pyrites in Ocean (Nauchn. mir, Moscow, 1999) [in Russian].
A. M. Nikishin, S. N. Bolotov, E. Yu. Baraboshkin, A. V. Ershov, L. F. Kopaevich, B. P. Nazarevich, and D. I. Panov, “Geological history of the Scythian–Black Sea Region,” in Ocherki geologii Kryma (Mosk. Gos. Univ., Moscow, 1997), pp. 207–227.
A. M. Nikishin, A. O. Khotylev, A. Yu. Bychkov, L. F. Kopaevich, E. I. Petrov, and V. O. Yapaskurt, “Cretaceous volcanic Belts and the evolution of the Black Sea basin,” Moscow Univ. Geol. Bull. 68, 141–154 (2013).
Petrography, Ed. by. A. A. Marakushev (Mosk. Gos. Univ., Moscow, 1981), Vol. 2 [in Russian].
J. A. Pearce, S. J. Lippard, and S. Roberts, “Characteristics and tectonic significance of supra–subduction zone ophiolites,” in Marginal Basin Geology, Vol. 16 of Geol. Soc. London, Spec. Publ. (London, 1984), pp. 77–89.
M. Yu. Promyslova, L. I. Demina, A. Yu. Bychkov, A. I. Gushchin, and V. V. Tsarev, “The nature of magmatism in the Fiolent Cape area, southwestern Crimea,” Moscow Univ. Geol. Bull. 69, 390–398 (2014).
M. Yu. Promyslova, L. I. Demina, A. Yu. Bychkov, V. V. Tsarev, A. I. Gushchin, “Geodynamical formation setting of the ophiolitic association from the Cape Fiolent area, southwestern Crimea,” in Tektonika i geodinamika kontinental’noi i okeanicheskoi litosfery. Materialy XLVII Tektonicheskogo soveshchaniya (GEOS, Moscow, 2015), pp. 65–70.
E. F. Shnyukov, V. A. Ryabenko, and O. G. Sidenko, “The first finding of ultramafites in Crimea,” Dokl. Akad. Nauk Ukr. SSR, Ser. B., No. 1, 18–20 (1979).
A. F. Shnyukov, I. B. Shcherbakov, and E. E. Shnyukova, Paleoarc in the Northern Black Sea (Nats. Akad. Nauk Ukr., Kiev, 1997) [in Russian].
E. E. Shnyukova, “Igneous rocks of Cape Fiolent,” in Petrografiya XXI veka. Materialy X Vserossiiskogo petrograficheskogo soveshchaniya (KNTs, Apatity, 2005), pp. 289–291.
E. E. Shnyukova, Extended Abstract of Doctoral Dissertation in Geology and Mineralogy (Kiev, 2013).
V. V. Yudin, “Predgornaya suture of Crimea,” Geol. Zh., Nos. 3–4, 56–61 (1995).
V. V. Yudin, “Magmatism of the Crimean–Black Sea Region from the viewpoint of actualistic geodynamics,” Miner. Resur. Ukr., No. 3, 18–21 (2003).
V. V. Yudin, Geodynamics of the Black Sea–Caspian Region (UkrGGRI, Kiev, 2008) [in Russian].
V. V. Yudin, Geological Map and Cross Sections of the Gorny and Predgorny Crimea (NPTs Soyuzkarta, Simferopol, 2009).
V. V. Yudin, Geodynamics of Crimea (DIAIPI, Simferopol, 2011).
T. N. Irvine and W. R. A. Barager, “A guide to the chemical classification of the common volcanic rocks,” Can. J. Earth Sci. 8, 523–548 (1971).
G. A. Jenner, The Standard of MORB (St John's, Mem. Univ. Newfoundland, 1990).
L. S. Jensen, A New Cation Plot for Classification of the Common Volcanic Rocks (Miscellaneous Paper 66) (Ontario Dept. Mines, 1976).
R. W. Le Maitre, P. Bateman, A. Dudek, J. Keller, J. Lameyre, M. J. Le Bas, P. A. Sabine, and B. Zanettin, A Classification of Igneous Rocks and Glossary of Terms (Blackwell, Oxford, 1989).
M. J. M. Meijers, B. Vrouwe, D. J. J. Hinsbergen, K. F. Kuiper, J. Wijbrans, G. R. Davies, R. A. Stephenson, N. Kaymakci, L. Matenco, and A. Saintot, “Jurassic arc volcanism on Crimea (Ukraine): Implications for the paleo-subduction zone configuration of the Black Sea region,” Lithos 119, 412–426 (2010).
J. A. Pearce, “Geochemical fingerprinting of oceanic basalts with applications to ophiolite classification and the search for Archean oceanic crust,” Lithos 100, 14–48 (2008).
J. A. Pearce and J. R. Cann, “Tectonic setting of basaltic volcanic rocks determined using trace element analysis,” Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 19, 290–300 (1973).
T. H. Pearce, B. E. Gorman, and T. C. Birkett, “The relationships between major element chemistry and tectonic environment of basalt and intermediate volcanic rocks,” Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 36, 121–132 (1977).
S. S. Sun, “Chemical composition and origin of the Earth’s primitive mantle,” Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 46, 179–192 (1982).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
Original Russian Text © M.Yu. Promyslova, L.I. Demina, A.Yu. Bychkov, A.I. Gushchin, N.V. Koronovsky, V.V. Tsarev, 2016, published in Geotektonika, 2016, No. 1, pp. 25–40.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Promyslova, M.Y., Demina, L.I., Bychkov, A.Y. et al. Ophiolitic association of Cape Fiolent area, southwestern Crimea. Geotecton. 50, 21–34 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016852116010040
Received:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016852116010040