Abstract—Zircon fission track analysis was carried out for Mesoproterozoic to Lower Paleozoic sedimentary rocks of the South-Verkhoyansk sector of the Verkhoyansk fold-and-thrust belt. The age of thrusting stages was constrained in this region. The early stage of deformations dated as 160 Ma, the main stage dated as from 70 to 90 Ma. Thermal history modeling on apatite allowed us to establish the youngest stage of erosion from 20 to 30 Ma, which indirectly indicates the reactivation of tectonic processes in the region at the boundary of Paleogene and Neogene. The degree of heating of the rocks increases in the east direction, and if in the frontal zone the fission tracks were annealed only in apatite, then in the Sette-Daban zone fission tracks were annealed both in apatite and in zircon.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)634-646
Number of pages13
JournalGeotectonics
Volume52
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2018

    Scopus subject areas

  • Geology

    Research areas

  • Kyllakh and Sette-Daban zones, Paleozoic, Riphean, South-Verkhoyansk sector, deformations stages, fission-track analysis, thermal modelling

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