The age of the Paleoproterozoic Dubravinsky suprasubduction alkali-carbonatite complex syenites, Kursk block, Sarmatia
Abstract
Introduction: The paper is intended to reconsider the age of Dubravinsky alkali-carbonatite complex (Kursk block, Sarmatia) syenites according to the zircon and titanite U-Pb dating and Sm-Nd-Sr isotopic geochemical data in order to revise the geodynamical model of its forming.
Methodology: We carried out the isotopic dating of the Dubravinsky alkali-carbonatite complex syenites by zircon (SIMS) and titanite (ID TIMS), and also the Sm-Nd-Sr isotopic systematics.
Results and discussion: The age of zircon from syenites is ca. 2.59 Ga and previously was wrongly interpreted as the crystallization age. However, Sm-Nd-Sr isotopic data revealed this age being older than the age of syenites intrusion and so the zircon is captured. According to the titanite dating, the syenites crystallization age is 2.07–2.08 Ga, hence the geodynamical model of their forming needs to be revised.
Conclusion: Dubravinsky alkali-carbonatite complex aged 2.07–2.08 Ga has been formed in the suprasubductional environment.