Early Ediacaran Magmatism in the Yenisei Ridge and Evolution of the Southwestern Margin of the Siberian Craton

• Published in: Minerals (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 6; p. 565
• Main Authors: Vernikovskaya, Antonina, Vernikovsky, Valery A., Matushkin, Nikolay, Kadilnikov, Pavel, Metelkin, Dmitry V., Romanova, Irina, Li, Zheng-Xiang, Bogdanov, Egor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.06.2020
• ISSN: 2075-163X; 2075-163X
• DOI: 10.3390/min10060565

We present the first comprehensive data for the early Ediacaran stage of evolution of the western active continental margin of the Siberian Craton (Yenisei Ridge). U-Pb (SHRIMP-II SIMS) data for zircons from dikes of picrodolerites, quartz diorites, and leucocratic granites show that they were emplaced at 625 ± 5, 623 ± 8, and 626 ± 5 Ma, respectively, which indicates a narrow time window of Ediacaran magmatic events. The mafic tholeiitic rocks have OIB and E-MORB mantle components in their magmatic sources. Mineralogical and geochemical observations showed that the mantle-sourced mafic melts assimilated some crustal material, forming Th-enriched dikes of intermediate composition and K- and Rb-enriched felsic rocks. The possible geodynamic conditions for the formation of these early Ediacaran dikes are shown and a geodynamic model is presented for the development of the Yenisei Ridge orogen from the late Cryogenian to the late Ediacaran.