Composition, structure and formation conditions of the Arydzhangsky Formation of the Maimecha-Kotuy District of the Siberian Trap Province

Abstract

We studied 6 sections of the Arydzhangsky lava formation (P2-T1) in the Kotuy river valley. The results of petrographic and geochemical studies of the composition of rocks of the Arydzhangsky, Khardaksky and Pravoboyarsky formations are presented. The stratigraphic columns of the sections were built and the composition of the rocks was additionally determined using a scanning electron microscope. In this regard, the relative position of these formations was established, the mantle and crust sources of magmas were confirmed. A geochemical identity of the rocks of the Khardaksky formation with the rocks of the Arydzhangsky formation was established, which suggests a similar age of their formation.

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“…This formation is geochemically close to the Arydzhangsky Formation, correlated with the Morongovsky-Mokulaevsky formations (Fetisova et al, 2014). It seems very logical and is confirmed by geochemical data (Shtokalo et al, 2021). The rocks of the Arydzhangsky Formation are interlayered with the rocks of the Pravoboyarsky Formation, which is close in composition to the Mokulaevsky basalts.…”