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Provenance analysis for Middle Eocene sediments in the West Kamchatka sedimentary basin (Tigil area)

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The paper presents the results of reconstruction of Middle Eocene provenances for the West Kamchatka sedimentary basin (WKSB) corresponding to the Tigil area. It has been established that the early (Eocene) evolution stage of WKSB was marked by the deposition of terrigenous sediments in intermontane depressions followed by the accumulation of shallow-marine sediments after transgression. In terms of the composition, sandstones of the Middle Eocene Snatol Formation correspond to graywackes. With respect to the geochemistry of sandstones, their provenances were confined to an active continental margin and island arc. The mineral composition of the heavy fraction suggests an alternating dominance of felsic and mafic rocks in the provenances. Dating of the clastic zircon from sandstones of the Snatol Formation by the LA-ICP-MS method revealed a wide variation range of their age. The most significant peak is close to the age of calc-alkaline magmatism in the Okhotsk–Chukotka volcanic belt. This fact provides insight into the Eocene paleogeography: the major rock provenances were located in the Okhotsk–Chukotka volcanic belt and the eastern Achaivayam–Valagin island arc. Local sources of clastic material were represented by the Utkholok and Kinkil volcanic belts.

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Original Russian Text © A.I. Khisamutdinova, A.V. Solov’ev, D.V. Rozhkova, 2016, published in Litologiya i Poleznye Iskopaemye, 2016, No. 4, pp. 359–383.

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Khisamutdinova, A.I., Solov’ev, A.V. & Rozhkova, D.V. Provenance analysis for Middle Eocene sediments in the West Kamchatka sedimentary basin (Tigil area). Lithol Miner Resour 51, 310–332 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0024490216040039

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