The Proterozoic evolution of northern Siberian Craton margin: a comparison of U–Pb–Hf signatures from sedimentary units of the Taimyr orogenic belt and the Siberian platform |
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| Authors: | Nadezhda Priyatkina William J Collins Andrei Khudoley Dmitry Zastrozhnov Victoria Ershova Kevin Chamberlain |
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| Institution: | 1. New South Wales Institute of Frontiers Geoscience, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia;2. Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia;3. Institute of the Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia;4. All Russian Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI), St. Petersburg, Russia;5. Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway;6. Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA;7. Faculty of Geology and Geography, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia |
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| Abstract: | Identifying the cratonic affinity of Neoproterozoic crust that surrounds the northern margin of the Siberian Craton (SC) is critical for determining its tectonic evolution and placing the Craton in Neoproterozoic supercontinental reconstructions. Integration of new U–Pb–Hf detrital zircon data with regional geological constraints indicates that distinct Neoproterozoic arc-related magmatic belts can be identified within the Taimyr orogen. Sedimentary rocks derived from 970 to 800 Ma arc-related suites reveal abundant Archean and Paleoproterozoic detritus, characteristic of the SC. The 720–600 Ma arc-related zircon population from the younger Cambrian sedimentary rocks is also complemented by an exotic juvenile Mesoproterozoic zircon population and erosional products of older arc-related suites. Nonetheless, numerous evidences imply that both arcs broadly reworked Siberian basement components. We suggest that the early Neoproterozoic (ca. 970–800 Ma) arc system of the Taimyr orogen evolved on the active margin of the SC and probably extended along the periphery of Rodinia into Valhalla orogen of NE Laurentia. We also suggest the late Neoproterozoic (750–550 Ma) arc system could have been part of the Timanian orogen, which linked Siberia and Baltica at the Precambrian/Phanerozoic transition. |
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| Keywords: | Siberia U–Pb–Hf isotopes detrital zircon Arctic Proterozoic |
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