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U–Pb dating of the Verkniy Ufaley intrusion, middle Urals, Russia: a minimum age for subduction and amphibolite facies overprint of the East European continental margin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1999

RALF HETZEL  and
ROLF L. ROMER
RALF HETZEL
Affiliation:
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
ROLF L. ROMER
Affiliation:
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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Abstract

The Palaeozoic Uralian orogen formed by accretion of island arcs and microcontinents along the eastern margin of the East European platform. In the middle Urals, a promontory of the East European platform, the Ufaley Complex experienced eclogite facies conditions followed by an amphibolite facies overprint. The Verkniy Ufaley intrusion crosscuts the amphibolite facies foliation in the East Ufaley Complex and thus postdates the two metamorphic events. A concordant U–Pb age of 316±1 Ma obtained on magmatic titanite dates the intrusion of the pluton and provides a minimum age for subduction and subsequent amphibolite facies metamorphism of the East European continental margin. Zircon yields discordant age data that reflect the involvement of Proterozoic crustal sources.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 136 , Issue 5 , September 1999 , pp. 593 - 597
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© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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