E.A. SADIKHOV, N.V. SHATOVA (VSEGEI)
UPb dating (SHRIMP II) and geodynamic condition of intrusions of the gabbro-tonalite complexes
of the Lok-Karabakh, Lesser Caucasus (Azerbaijan)
Lok-Karabakh tectonomagmatic zone is one of major structures in the Lesser Caucasus. It represents a complex foldblock structure composed of en echelon anticlinal and synclinal structures. In plan view, the system forms a northward convex arc 350–400 km long and 30–40 km wide. In the northwest, among the Mesozoic volcanic rocks, pre-Alpine basement rocks are outcropping. Was studied geochemical and petrographic composition of the next intrusions, Gabahtepe, Novogorevolka, Barum of the gabbro-tonalite complex and was made the firs isotopic U-Pb (SHRIMP II) radiometric age. The complex formed in the volcanic island-arc system in hypabyssal conditions, source rock was oceanic basalts with the next continental contamination. Radiometric age based on dating zircons is 145–157 Ma (oxford-kimmeridgian).
Keywords: Lesser Caucasus, geochemistry, UPb age, Lok-Karabakh tectonomagmatic zone, gabbrotonalite, geodynamic.