Long-lived connection between southern Siberia and northern Laurentia in the Proterozoic

RE Ernst, MA Hamilton, U Söderlund, JA Hanes… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
RE Ernst, MA Hamilton, U Söderlund, JA Hanes, DP Gladkochub, AV Okrugin, T Kolotilina…
Nature Geoscience, 2016nature.com
Abstract Precambrian supercontinents Nuna-Columbia (1.7 to 1.3 billion years ago) and
Rodinia (1.1 to 0.7 billion years ago) have been proposed. However, the arrangements of
crustal blocks within these supercontinents are poorly known. Huge, dominantly basaltic
magmatic outpourings and intrusions, covering up to millions of square kilometres, termed
Large Igneous Provinces, typically accompany (super) continent breakup, or attempted
breakup and offer an important tool for reconstructing supercontinents. Here we focus on the …
Abstract
Precambrian supercontinents Nuna-Columbia (1.7 to 1.3 billion years ago) and Rodinia (1.1 to 0.7 billion years ago) have been proposed. However, the arrangements of crustal blocks within these supercontinents are poorly known. Huge, dominantly basaltic magmatic outpourings and intrusions, covering up to millions of square kilometres, termed Large Igneous Provinces, typically accompany (super) continent breakup, or attempted breakup and offer an important tool for reconstructing supercontinents. Here we focus on the Large Igneous Province record for Siberia and Laurentia, whose relative position in Nuna-Columbia and Rodinia reconstructions is highly controversial. We present precise geochronology—nine U–Pb and six Ar–Ar ages—on dolerite dykes and sills, along with existing dates from the literature, that constrain the timing of emplacement of Large Igneous Province magmatism in southern Siberia and northern Laurentia between 1,900 and 720 million years ago. We identify four robust age matches between the continents 1,870, 1,750, 1,350 and 720 million years ago, as well as several additional approximate age correlations that indicate southern Siberia and northern Laurentia were probably near neighbours for this 1.2-billion-year interval. Our reconstructions provide a framework for evaluating the shared geological, tectonic and metallogenic histories of these continental blocks.
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