The Donets Basin (Ukraine/Russia): coalification and thermal history

Sachsenhofer, Reinhard F.; Privalov, V.A.; Zhykalyak, M.V.; Bueker, C.; Panova, E.A.; Rainer, Thomas; Shymanovskyy, V.A.; Stephenson, Randell

doi:10.1016/s0166-5162(01)00063-5

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“…Cumulative probability diagram for the ages of magmatism in the Donbas Fold Belt and the Scythian Platform. The K‐Ar ages for dikes in the Priazov Massif [ Shatalov , 1986, and references therein] and the stratigraphic ages for the magmatism in the Donbas [ Skarzhinsky , 1973; Donskoy , 1982; Sachsenhofer et al , 2002, and references therein] are given for comparison. The shaded bands indicate the ages common to the two areas.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Several authors have proposed ages for the magmatic activity (volcanism) based on the stratigraphy, i.e., chronostratigraphic ages [ Skarzhinsky , 1973; Donskoy , 1982; Sachsenhofer et al , 2002, and references therein]. These syntheses agree in proposing the existence of four major periods of magmatic activity: Late Devonian (Frasnian‐Famennian, 380–360 Ma), Early Permian (290–270 Ma), Late Triassic (230–200 Ma), and Late Jurassic‐Early Cretaceous (160–110 Ma).…”

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The ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating of magmatic activity in the Donbas Fold Belt and the Scythian Platform (Eastern European Craton)

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The Donbas Fold Belt is the compressionally deformed southeasternmost part of the intracratonic late Paleozoic Dniepr‐Donets rift basin. It is situated in an intracratonic setting but close to the southern margin of the East European Craton, south of which lies the Scythian Platform. A range of igneous rocks from the Donbas Fold Belt and the Scythian Platform were dated by the 40Ar/39Ar method in order to constrain the ages of magmatic activity in these areas, and compare them. The plateau ages from the south margin of the Donbas Fold Belt vary from 151.4 ± 4.7 Ma to 278.1 ± 5.3 Ma, and define three main age groups: Middle‐Late Jurassic, Middle‐Late Triassic, and Early Permian. The age spectra obtained from the Scythian Platform samples are often disturbed as a result of limited alteration. The proposed ages (plateau and pseudoplateau) vary from 174.4 ± 2.1 Ma to 243.7 ± 1.4 Ma, and two major age groups are defined, in Early Carboniferous and Triassic/Jurassic times. The Early Permian (285–270 Ma) and Early Triassic (245–250 Ma) ages of magmatic activity are the same in both areas; in the Late Triassic, the ages of magmatic activity are slightly different (220 and 205 Ma), and they are entirely different thereafter. These data can be interpreted as indicating a mantle plume as common deep magmatic source.

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The ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating of magmatic activity in the Donbas Fold Belt and the Scythian Platform (Eastern European Craton)

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“…It is assumed that post-Permian erosion was minor (e.g. Sachsenhofer et al, 2002), although its magnitude is in fact unconstrained. The mechanisms of Permian erosion are discussed controversially.…”

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“…Maximum burial in the central basin occurred during Sakmarian times ( $275 Ma; e.g. Sachsenhofer et al, 2002;Izart et al, 2003).…”

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“…In the past decade, the DF became a target of extensive geophysical and geological research.The subsurface structure of the basin was investigated using seismic pro¢les and boreholes (Chekunov et al, 1993;Ilchenko, 1996;DO-BREfraction'99 Working Group, 2003;Maystrenko et al, 2003). In addition, the structural, tectonic and thermal evolution, basin inversion, and timing of magmatic activity were investigated by means of structural data, numerical modelling, vitrinite re£ectance (VR) and radiometric dating (Privalov, 1998;Sachsenhofer et al, 2002;Saintot et al, 2003a, b;Alexandre et al, 2004;Spiegel et al, 2004). Consequently, signi¢cant progress has been achieved in the understanding of the geodynamic evolution of the DF and several models have been proposed by di¡erent work-ing groups.…”

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Thermotectonic evolution of the Ukrainian Donbas Foldbelt revisited: new constraints from zircon and apatite fission track data

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The Donbas Foldbelt (DF) is the compressionally deformed segment of a large Late Palaeozoic rift cross‐cutting the southern part of the East European Craton and is traditionally described as a classic example of an inverted intracratonic rift basin. Proposed formational models are often controversial and numerous issues are still a matter of speculation, primarily due to the lack of absolute time constraints and insufficient knowledge of the thermal evolution. We investigate the low‐temperature thermal history of the DF by means of zircon fission track and apatite fission track (AFT) thermochronology applied to Upper Carboniferous sediments. In all samples, the AFT chronometer was reset shortly after deposition in the Early Permian (∼275 Ma). Samples contained kinetically variable apatites that are sensitive to different temperatures and using statistic‐based component analysis incorporating annealing characteristics of individual grains assessed by Dpar , we identified several distinct age populations, ranging from the Late Permian (∼265 Ma) to the Late Cretaceous (∼70 Ma). We could thus constrain the thermal history of the DF during a ∼200 Myr long period following the thermal maximum. We found that earliest cooling of Permian and Permo‐Triassic age is recorded on the basin margins whereas the central parts were residing in or slowly cooling through the apatite partial annealing zone during Jurassic and most of Cretaceous times, and then finally cooled to near‐surface conditions latest around the Cretaceous/Palaeogene boundary. Our data show that Permian erosion was less significant and Mesozoic erosion more significant than generally assumed. Inversion and pop‐up of the DF occurred in the Cretaceous and not in the Permian as previously thought. This is indicated by overall Cretaceous AFT ages in the central parts of the basin.

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Global coal endowment and coalbed gas potential

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Coal and Coalbed Gas

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The Donets Basin (Ukraine/Russia): coalification and thermal history

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The ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating of magmatic activity in the Donbas Fold Belt and the Scythian Platform (Eastern European Craton)

The ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating of magmatic activity in the Donbas Fold Belt and the Scythian Platform (Eastern European Craton)

Thermotectonic evolution of the Ukrainian Donbas Foldbelt revisited: new constraints from zircon and apatite fission track data

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The Donets Basin (Ukraine/Russia): coalification and thermal history

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The 40Ar/39Ar dating of magmatic activity in the Donbas Fold Belt and the Scythian Platform (Eastern European Craton)

The 40Ar/39Ar dating of magmatic activity in the Donbas Fold Belt and the Scythian Platform (Eastern European Craton)

Thermotectonic evolution of the Ukrainian Donbas Foldbelt revisited: new constraints from zircon and apatite fission track data

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The ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating of magmatic activity in the Donbas Fold Belt and the Scythian Platform (Eastern European Craton)

The ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating of magmatic activity in the Donbas Fold Belt and the Scythian Platform (Eastern European Craton)