Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Age and geochemistry of the Early Mesozoic granitoid massifs of the southern Bureya terrane of the Russian Far East

  • Published:
Russian Journal of Pacific Geology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

A massif of porhyritic microcline biotite granites located in the southern part of the Bureya (Turan) terrane has an age of 185 ± 1 Ma. The granites are characterized by (K2O + Na2O) > 8%, a K2O predominance over Na2O, and a moderately differentiated REE distribution pattern ((La/Yb)n = 14.7–28.5). The obtained age indicates that at least one stage of the Early Mesozoic granitoid magmatism in the Bureya terrane occurred in the Early Jurassic. The formation of early Mesozoic granitoids was presumably related to collision between North Asian and Sino-Korean cratons, and the intervening Amur superterrane, although a subduction origin also cannot be completely ruled out.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. S. G. Agafonenko, A. N. Serezhnikov, and A. L. Yashnov, State Geological Map of the Russian Federation (2nd Edition). Tugurskaya Group. Sheet N-52-XXX (Izd. Kart. Fabrika Vseross. Geol. Inst., St. Petersburg, 2002) [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  2. Geological Map of the Amur Region and Adjacent Territory. Scale 1: 2 500 000. Explanatory Note (St. Petersburg, Blagoveshchensk, Harbin, 1999) [in Russian].

  3. Geology of the Baikal-Amur Railway (Nedra, Leningrad, 1988), Vol. 1 [in Russian].

  4. L. P. Zonenshain, M. I. Kuz’min, and L. M. Natapov, Plate Tectonics of the USSR (Nedra, Moscow, 1990), Book 1 [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  5. V. F. Zubkov and A. F. Vas’kin, Geological Map of the Baikal Amur Railway (Vses. Geol. Inst., Leningrad, 1984) [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  6. V. I. Kovalenko, V. V. Yarmolyuk, E. B. Sal’nikova, et al., “Sources of Igneous Rocks and Genesis of the Early Mesozoic Tectonomagmatic Area of the Mongolia-Transbaikalia Magmatic Region: 1. Geology and Isotope Geochronology,” Petrologiya 11(2), 164–178 (2003) [Petrology 11 (2), 147–160 (2003)].

    Google Scholar 

  7. V. I. Kovalenko, V. V. Yarmolyuk, E. B. Sal’nikova, et al., “Sources of Igneous Rocks and Genesis of the Early Mesozoic Tectonomagmatic Area of the Mongolia-Transbaikalia Magmatic Region: 2. Petrology and Geochemistry,” Petrologiya 11(3), 227–254 (2003) [Petrology 11 (3), 205–229 (2003)].

    Google Scholar 

  8. I. K. Kozakov, E. B. Sal’nikova, A. N. Didenko, et al., “The Age and Geodynamic Setting of High Temperature Metamorphic Complexes in the South Mongolia Belt,” Geol. Geofiz. 45(4), 519–524 (2004).

    Google Scholar 

  9. A. M. Larin, A. A. Sorokin, A. B. Kotov, et al., “Correlation of Age Boundaries of Mesozoic Magmatism at the Northern and Southern Flanks of the Eastern Sector of the Mongolia-Okhotsk Fold Belt,” in Geodynamic Evolution of the Lithosphere in the Central Asian Mobile Belt (from Ocean to Continent), Proceedings of Scientific Conference, Irkutsk, Russia, 2005 (Irkutsk, 2005), Vol. 2, pp. 19–22 [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  10. M. V. Martynyuk, S. A. Ryamov, and V. A. Kondrat’eva, Explanatory Note to the Scheme of Correlation of Magmatic Complexes in the Kharabrovsk Krai and Amur District (Khabarovsk, 1990) [in Russian].

  11. N. K. Osipova, State Geological Map. Khingan-Bureya Series. Sheet M-52-XVII (Vses. Geol. Inst., Moscow, 1976) [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  12. L. M. Parfenov, L. I. Popeko, and O. Tomurtogoo, “Problems of Tectonics of the Mongolia-Okhotsk Orogenic Belt,” Tikhookean. Geol. 18(5), 24–43 (1999).

    Google Scholar 

  13. L. M. Parfenov, N. A. Berzin, A. I. Khanchuk, et al., “Formation Model for Orogenic Belts in the Central and Northeastern Asia,” Tikhookean. Geol. 22(6), 7–41 (2003).

    Google Scholar 

  14. A. A. Sorokin, V. V. Yarmolyuk, A. B. Kotov, et al., “Geochronology of Triassic-Jurassic Granitoids in the Southern Framing of the Mongol-Okhotsk Foldbelt and the Problem of Early Mesozoic Granite Formation in Central and Eastern Asia,” Dokl. Akad. Nauk 399(2), 227–231 (2004) [Dokl. Earth Sci. 399 (8), 1091–1094 (2004)].

    Google Scholar 

  15. A. A. Sorokin, N. M. Kudryashov, and Li Tszin’i, “U-Pb Geochronology of the Oktyabr’ski Granitoids in the Mamyna Terrane (Amur Region), Tikhookean. Geol. 23(5), 54–67 (2004).

    Google Scholar 

  16. V. V. Yarmolyuk, V. I. Kovalenko, E. B. Sal’nikova, et al., “Tectono-Magmatic Zoning, Magma Sources, and Geodynamics of the Early Mesozoic Mongolia-Transbaikal Province,” Geotektonika 36(4), 42–63 (2002) [Geotectonics 36 (4), 293–311 (2002)].

    Google Scholar 

  17. Bin Chen, Bor-Ming Jahn, S. Wilde, and Bei Xu. “Two Contrasting Paleozoic Magmatic Belts in Northern Inner Mongolia, China: Petrogenesis and Tectonic Implications,” Tectonophysics 328, 157–182 (2000).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. B. W. Chappell and A. J. R. White, “Two Contrasting Granite Types,” Pac. Geol., No. 8, 173–174 (1984).

  19. Fu-yuan Wu, B.-M. Jahn, S. Wilde, and De-you Sun, “Phanerozoic Crustal Growth: U-Pb and Sr-Nd Isotopic Evidence from the Granites in Northeastern China,” Tectonophysics 328, 89–113 (2000).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Fu-yuan Wu, De-you Sun, Huimin Li, et al., “A-Type Granites in Northeastern China: Age and Geochemical Constraints on Their Petrogenesis,” Chem. Geol. 187, 143–173 (2002).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. Fu-yan Wu, B.-M. Jahn, S. Wilde, et al., “Highly Fractionated I-Type Granites in NE China (I): Geochronology and Petrogenesis,” Lithos 66, 241–273 (2003).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. T. E. Krogh, “A Low-Contamination Method for Hydrothermal Decomposition of Zircon and Extraction of U and Pb for Isotopic Age Determination,” Geochem. Cosmochim. Acta 37, 485–494 (1973).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  23. K. R. Ludwig, “ISOPLOT for MS-DOS, Version 2.50,” U.S. Geol. Survey Open-File Rept. 88-557 (1991).

  24. K. R. Ludwig, “PbDat for MS-DOS, Version 1.21,” U.S. Geol. Survey Open-File Rept. 88-557 (1991).

  25. P. D. Maniar and P. M. Piccoli, “Tectonic Discrimination of Granitoids,” Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 101, 635–643 (1989).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. W. W. McDonough and S. S. Sun, “The Composition of the Earth,” Chem. Geol. 120(3–4), 223–253 (1995).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. J. A. Pearce, N. B. W. Harris, and A. G. Tindle, “Trace Element Discrimination of Granitic Rocks,” J. Petrol. 25(4), 956–983 (1984).

    Google Scholar 

  28. J. S. Stacey and I. D. Kramers, “Approximation of Terrestrial Lead Isotope Evolution by a Two-Stage Model,” Earth Planet Sci. Lett. 26(2), 207–221 (1975).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  29. R. H. Steiger and E. Jager, “Subcomission of Geochronology: Convention of the Use of Decay Constants in Geo-and Cosmochronology,” Earth Planet Sci. Lett. 36(2), 359–362 (1976).

    Google Scholar 

  30. S. R. Taylor and S. M. McLennan, The Continental Crust: Its Composition and Evolution (Blackwell Sci. Publ., 1985).

  31. J. B. Whalen, K. L. Currie, and B. W. Chappell, “A-Type Granites: Geochemical Characteristics, Discrimination and Petrogenesis,” Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 5, 407–419 (1987).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  32. Zhao XiXi, Coe Robert S., Zhou Yaoxiu, et al., “New Paleomagnetic Results from Northern China: Collision and Suturing with Siberia and Kazakhstan,” Tectonophysics 181(1–4), 43–81 (1990).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Geology and Natural Management, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Blagoveshchensk, Russia

    A. A. Sorokin

  2. Geological Institute, Kola Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity, Russia

    N. M. Kudryashov

  3. Institute of Precambrian Geology and Geochronology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

    A. B. Kotov

Authors
  1. A. A. Sorokin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. N. M. Kudryashov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. A. B. Kotov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

Original Russian Text © A.A. Sorokin, N.M. Kudryashov, A.B. Kotov, 2007, published in Tikhookeanskaya Geologiya, 2007, Vol. 1, No. 5, pp. 55–66.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Sorokin, A.A., Kudryashov, N.M. & Kotov, A.B. Age and geochemistry of the Early Mesozoic granitoid massifs of the southern Bureya terrane of the Russian Far East. Russ. J. of Pac. Geol. 1, 454–463 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1819714007050053

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1819714007050053

Keywords

Search

Navigation