TY - JOUR
T1 - U–Pb and Hf isotope analysis of detrital zircons from Devonian–Permian strata of Kotel'ny Island (New Siberian Islands, Russian Eastern Arctic)
T2 - Insights into the Middle–Late Paleozoic evolution of the Arctic
AU - Ershova, Victoria
AU - Prokopiev, Andrei
AU - Andersen, Tom
AU - Khudoley, Andrei
AU - Kullerud, Kåre
AU - Thomsen, Tonny B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotope analyses of detrital zircons collected from the Devonian–Permian strata of Kotel'ny Island (New Siberian Islands, Eastern Russian Arctic) provide vital information about provenance areas and history of the poorly studied Paleozoic basement of the Laptev and East Siberian shelves. Based on detrital zircon signatures, our study reveals that the studied succession can be divided into two distinct groups: Devonian–Lower Carboniferous and uppermost Carboniferous–Permian. U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotope signatures of detrital zircons from the Devonian–Lower Carboniferous deposits correspond to well-known Precambrian–Early Paleozoic magmatic and metamorphic events within the northern part of Baltica, indicative of a peri-Baltican affinity of the New Siberian Islands during this time. A lack of zircon ages close to the depositional age of the formation, along with a mature composition of the sandstones, suggest that the Devonian–Lower Carboniferous succession formed as a result of extensive sediment reworking from a distal provenance. By contrast, uppermost Carboniferous–Permian sandstones have an immature composition, with numerous young detrital zircons close to the age of sedimentation and Hf signatures typical of a continental arc environment. We therefore suggest that the provenance for these younger deposits was located within a coeval orogeny and based on previous studies, we conclude that these deposits were sourced from the north-western part of the Uralian Orogen.
AB - U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotope analyses of detrital zircons collected from the Devonian–Permian strata of Kotel'ny Island (New Siberian Islands, Eastern Russian Arctic) provide vital information about provenance areas and history of the poorly studied Paleozoic basement of the Laptev and East Siberian shelves. Based on detrital zircon signatures, our study reveals that the studied succession can be divided into two distinct groups: Devonian–Lower Carboniferous and uppermost Carboniferous–Permian. U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotope signatures of detrital zircons from the Devonian–Lower Carboniferous deposits correspond to well-known Precambrian–Early Paleozoic magmatic and metamorphic events within the northern part of Baltica, indicative of a peri-Baltican affinity of the New Siberian Islands during this time. A lack of zircon ages close to the depositional age of the formation, along with a mature composition of the sandstones, suggest that the Devonian–Lower Carboniferous succession formed as a result of extensive sediment reworking from a distal provenance. By contrast, uppermost Carboniferous–Permian sandstones have an immature composition, with numerous young detrital zircons close to the age of sedimentation and Hf signatures typical of a continental arc environment. We therefore suggest that the provenance for these younger deposits was located within a coeval orogeny and based on previous studies, we conclude that these deposits were sourced from the north-western part of the Uralian Orogen.
KW - Arctic
KW - Detrital zircon
KW - East Siberia Sea
KW - Laptev Sea
KW - New Siberian Islands
KW - Paleozoic paleogeography
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jog.2018.02.008
DO - 10.1016/j.jog.2018.02.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85044276975
SN - 0264-3707
VL - 119
SP - 199
EP - 209
JO - Journal of Geodynamics
JF - Journal of Geodynamics
ER -