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Lateral change of sources for the Cretaceous-Paleogene magmatism of the Tian Shan

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The Southern and Northern-Central Tian Shan are sharply different in the character of the evolution of Cretaceous-Paleogene magmatism. The Southern Tian Shan comprises a picrobasalt-trachybasalt-basanite-phonotephrite-phonolite volcanic series, which was formed over a considerable time interval from 122 to 46 Ma, whereas the Northern-Central Tian Shan hosts a foidite-basanite-trachybasalt-basaltbasaltic andesite volcanic association, which erupted within a rather narrow time interval between 61 and 53 Ma. The entire volcanic series of the former region was derived from a shallow garnet-free mantle source. The volcanic assemblage of the latter region included basanites and foidites derived from a deep garnet-bearing mantle source, whereas trachybasalt, basalt, and basaltic andesite melts were generated in the lower crust. It is supposed that the change of sources and different evolutionary trends of Cretaceous-Paleogene magmatism in the Southern and Northern-Central Tian Shan were caused by the activation of the heterogeneous lithosphere beneath the converging shores of the Late Paleozoic Turkestan paleoocean.

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  1. Irkutsk State University, ul. Lenina 3, Irkutsk, 664003, Russia

    S. V. Rasskazov & I. S. Chuvashova

  2. Institute of the Earth’s Crust, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Lermontova 128, Irkutsk, 664033, Russia

    S. V. Rasskazov, I. S. Chuvashova, T. A. Yasnygina, N. N. Fefelov & E. V. Saranina

  3. Institute of Geology, National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, bul’v. Erkindik 30, Bishkek, 720081, Kyrgyz Republic

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  4. Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24, 14476, Golm, Germany

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Original Russian Text © S.V. Rasskazov, I.S. Chuvashova, A.V. Mikolaichuk, E.R. Sobel, T.A. Yasnygina, N.N. Fefelov, E.V. Saranina, 2015, published in Petrologiya, 2015, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 308–336.

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Rasskazov, S.V., Chuvashova, I.S., Mikolaichuk, A.V. et al. Lateral change of sources for the Cretaceous-Paleogene magmatism of the Tian Shan. Petrology 23, 281–308 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869591115010038

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