New Age Data on the Volcanic Rocks of the Alazey Plateau (Northeastern Yakutia)


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Abstract

The age of the rocks of the Cretaceous volcanogenic sequence of the Alazey Plateau, Kolyma–Indigirka Orogen of Northeastern Russia, is determined using U–Pb zircon dating on trachydacites and K–Ar feldspar–groundmass dating on dacites and basalts. The dacites of the Severnaya Sededema Formation, which was formed within volcanic belts, are dated as Aptian–Cenomanian (106–97 Ma), while the basalts of the Khangatas Formation yield the Paleocene age (59 Ma). These rocks mark the extension and rifting stage in the evolution of the region.

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N. V. Tsukanov

Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: kambear2011@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, pr. Nakhimovskii 36, Moscow, 117997

S. D. Sokolov

Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: ssokolov43@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Pyzhevskii per. 7, Moscow, 119017

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