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Results of paleomagnetic study of Early Proterozoic rocks in the Baikal Range of the Siberian craton

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This paper presents paleomagnetic results obtained from the study of Early Proterozoic rocks in the Baikal Range of the Siberian craton, namely, the 1850–1880-Ma volcanicalstic rocks of the Akitkanskian series of the North Baikal volcanic-plutonic belt) and 1674-Ma basic dikes of the Chaya complex within the massif. The data of this work are used to reconstruct the development of the Siberian craton structure in the Early Precambrian. The projections of the inferred paleomagnetic directions onto a sphere form S (southern) and W (western) groups of vectors of characteristic magnetization components. The S group consists of three clusters representing primary magnetization components belonging to different time levels of the end of the Early Proterozoic. The W group is represented by directions associated with a metachronous magnetization probably acquired during the Riphean. Four paleomagnetic poles are obtained. Two of them that can be regarded as key poles correspond to time levels of 1875 and 1670 Ma (the Early Proterozoic). The two other poles can be used for a detailed reconstruction of the Proterozoic segment of the Siberian apparent polar wander path. The data presented in the paper indicate that the formation of the southern Siberian craton structure was accomplished at the end of the Early Proterozoic, which resulted in a synchronous motion of different blocks composing the southern flank of the craton (in particular, the Sharyzhalgai and Baikal Ranges).

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  1. Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth (IPE), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Bol’shaya Gruzinskaya ul. 10, Moscow, 123995, Russia

    V. Yu. Vodovozov

  2. Geological Institute (GI), RAS, Pyzhevskii per. 7, Moscow, 109017, Russia

    A. N. Didenko

  3. Institute of the Earth’s Crust, Siberian Division (SD), RAS, ul. Lermontova 128, Irkutsk, 664033, Russia

    D. P. Gladkochub, A. M. Mazukabzov & T. V. Donskaya

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Original Russian Text © V.Yu. Vodovozov, A.N. Didenko, D.P. Gladkochub, A.M. Mazukabzov, T.V. Donskaya, 2007, published in Fizika Zemli, 2007, No. 10, pp. 60–72.

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Vodovozov, V.Y., Didenko, A.N., Gladkochub, D.P. et al. Results of paleomagnetic study of Early Proterozoic rocks in the Baikal Range of the Siberian craton. Izv., Phys. Solid Earth 43, 855–867 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351307100084

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