AGE OF THE AMNUNAKTA MONZOGABBRO-MONZODIORITE MASSIF IN THE SOUTHERN FRAMING OF THE SIBERIAN CRATON

Abstract

The first geochronological data have been obtained for Amnunakta massif composed of monzogabbro-monzodiorite and located in the southeastern part of the Selenga-Stanovoy superterrane. It was found that the age of Amnunakta massif (240 ± 1 Ma) is almost similar to that of quartz porphyry of the Kuitun formation and alkaline granites of the Nerchugan complex, which were sampled from the eastern flank of the Selenga-Vitim Volcano-Plutonic belt. Taking into account the geological position and geochemical features of the Amnunakta massif, there are grounds to suggest that the formation of this massif (as well as of quartz porphyry of the Kuitun formation and alkaline granites of the Nerchugan complex) was associated with one of the impulses of bimodal intraplate magmatism during the evolution of the Selenga-Vitim belt.

Keywords

• monzogabbro
• triassic
• selenga-vitim belt
• intraplate magmatism