Tectonic evolution of Early Paleozoic island-arc systems and continental crust formation in the Caledonides of Kazakhstan and the North Tien Shan |
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Authors: | K E Degtyarev |
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Institution: | 1.Geological Institute,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia |
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Abstract: | The extended Saryarka and Shyngyz-North Tien Shan volcanic belts that underwent secondary deformation are traced in the Caledonides
of Kazakhstan and the North Tien Shan. These belts are composed of igneous rocks pertaining to Early Paleozoic island-arc
systems of various types and the conjugated basins with oceanic crust. The Saryarka volcanic belt has a complex fold-nappe
structure formed in the middle Arenigian-middle Llanvirnian as a result of the tectonic juxtaposition of Early-Middle Cambrian
and Late Cambrian-Early Ordovician complexes of ensimatic island arcs and basins with oceanic crust. The Shyngyz-North Tien
Shan volcanic belt is characterized by a rather simple fold structure and consists of Middle-Late Ordovician volcanic and
plutonic associations of ensialic island arcs developing on heterogeneous basement, which is composed of complexes belonging
to the Saryarka belt and Precambrian sialic massifs. The structure and isotopic composition of the Paleozoic igneous complexes
provide evidence for the heterogeneous structure of the continental crust in various segments of the Kazakh Caledonides. The
upper crust of the Shyngyz segment consists of Early Paleozoic island-arc complexes and basins with oceanic crust related
to the Saryarka and Shyngyz-North Tien Shan volcanic belts in combination with Middle and Late Paleozoic continental igneous
rocks. The deep crustal units of this segment are dominated by mafic rocks of Early Paleozoic suprasubduction complexes. The
upper continental crust of the Stepnyak segment is composed of Middle-Late Ordovician island-arc complexes of the Shyngyz-North
Tien Shan volcanic belt and Early Ordovician rift-related volcanics. The middle crustal units are composed of Riphean, Paleoproterozoic,
and probably Archean sialic rocks, whereas the lower crustal units are composed of Neoproterozoic mafic rocks. |
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