ISSN:
1365-3121
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Geosciences
Notes:
The Lomza orthoamphibolites in the crystalline basement of NE Poland, dated at 1802 ± 9 Ma by SHRIMP zircon U–Pb, are characterized by high incompatible and REE element contents. These features, the low Nb, and the position of the rock compositions on La–Y–Nb, Zr–Nb/Zr and Zr–Nb–Y tectonomagmatic discrimination diagrams, suggest that the metavolcanics formed in a subduction setting, possibly within a continental margin island arc. The likely extension of the belt of Paleoproterozoic mafic magmatism from Latvia and Lithuania into NE Poland provides convincing evidence for the existence of an active plate margin in that region at that time.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00631.x