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Structural evolution of the northeast Asian continental margin : An example from the western Koryak fold and thrust belt (northeast Russia). / Khudoley, Andrei K.; Sokolov, Sergei D.
In: Geological Magazine, Vol. 135, No. 3, 01.01.1998, p. 311-330.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Structural evolution of the northeast Asian continental margin
T2 - An example from the western Koryak fold and thrust belt (northeast Russia)
AU - Khudoley, Andrei K.
AU - Sokolov, Sergei D.
PY - 1998/1/1
Y1 - 1998/1/1
N2 - The western Koryak fold and thrust belt consists of a set of tectonostratigraphic terrances that contain units ranging from Lower Palaeozoic to Cenozoic. Three deformational events have been identified in the study area. The first event structures are folds, domes and shear zones with related high-pressure/ low-temperature metamorphism. These structures are early Carboniferous and are only recognized in the metamorphic terranes. The second event structures are imbricate fans of thrusts and folds with southeast vergence, broken formation and serpentinite mélange. These are latest Jurassic to early Cretaceous (early Albian) and occur throughout the study area. During this event, thrusting was accompanied by dextral strike-slip faulting. The second event structures are overlapped by the Upper Albian sedimentary rocks with an angular unconformity at the base. During metamorphism associated with the first and second deformational events, some of the rocks were metamorphosed to blueschist grade and were affectdd by strain with axial ratios of up to 15:1. The third deformational event is characterized by significant sinistral strike-slip displacement at higher crustal levels. This resulted in a new set of structures and rotaion of pre-existing structures. The age of the sinistral strike-slip faults is interpreted to be late Cretaceous to Cenozoic. The kinematics of the second and third deformational events correspond to assumed proto-Pacific plate motions based on palacomagnetic data.
AB - The western Koryak fold and thrust belt consists of a set of tectonostratigraphic terrances that contain units ranging from Lower Palaeozoic to Cenozoic. Three deformational events have been identified in the study area. The first event structures are folds, domes and shear zones with related high-pressure/ low-temperature metamorphism. These structures are early Carboniferous and are only recognized in the metamorphic terranes. The second event structures are imbricate fans of thrusts and folds with southeast vergence, broken formation and serpentinite mélange. These are latest Jurassic to early Cretaceous (early Albian) and occur throughout the study area. During this event, thrusting was accompanied by dextral strike-slip faulting. The second event structures are overlapped by the Upper Albian sedimentary rocks with an angular unconformity at the base. During metamorphism associated with the first and second deformational events, some of the rocks were metamorphosed to blueschist grade and were affectdd by strain with axial ratios of up to 15:1. The third deformational event is characterized by significant sinistral strike-slip displacement at higher crustal levels. This resulted in a new set of structures and rotaion of pre-existing structures. The age of the sinistral strike-slip faults is interpreted to be late Cretaceous to Cenozoic. The kinematics of the second and third deformational events correspond to assumed proto-Pacific plate motions based on palacomagnetic data.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0016756898008747
DO - 10.1017/S0016756898008747
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000033807
VL - 135
SP - 311
EP - 330
JO - Geological Magazine
JF - Geological Magazine
SN - 0016-7568
IS - 3
ER -
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