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V. A. Snezhko

Specificity of material composition and formational conditions of rocks from the Marinsky Early Jurassic volcanic complex (North Caucasus)

Marinsky Lower Jurassic volcanic complex formed during three phases. Petrographic, geochemical (with account of REE), and petrochemical characteristics of material composition were given to the rocks of each phase. These characteristics allowed the authors to refer the described volcanic rocks to a single volcanic complex formed in the Andean-type active continental margin and to compare them with almost coeval volcanic rocks in other zones of the Central Caucasus and East Caucasus.
Key words: Northern Caucasus, Central Caucasus, East Caucasus, Lower Jurassic, volcanic process, complex, Rare Earth elements.