Cretaceous-Paleogene Basalts and Alkaline Basaltoids from South-Eastern Mongolia: 1. Distribution in Spatial-Temporal Geological-Geochronological Context of the Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic

Authors

I.S. Chuvashova¹, Yu.S. Andreeva², S.V. Rasskazov^1,2

¹Institute of the Earth's Crust SB RAS, Irkutsk, Russia

²Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russia

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Chuvashova Irina Sergeevna,

candidate of geological and mineralogical sciences, Senior Researcher,

664025, Irkutsk, Lenin st., 3,

Irkutsk State University, Faculty of Geology,

Associate Professor of the Dynamic Geology chair,

664033, Irkutsk, Lermontov st., 128,

Institute of the Earth's Crust SB RAS,

Senior Researcher,

tel.: (3952) 51–16–59,

email: chuvashova@crust.irk.ru.

Andreeva Yuliya Sergeevna,

664025, Irkutsk, Lenin st., 3,

Department of Oil and Gas Geology Irkutsk State University,

Senior Lecturer,

tel. 89086534398,

email: afanasevaus@mail.ru.

Rasskazov Sergei Vasilievich,

doctor of geological and mineralogical sciences, professor,

664025, Irkutsk, Lenin st., 3,

Irkutsk State University, Faculty of Geology,

Head of Dynamic Geology Char,

664033, Irkutsk, Lermontov st., 128,

Institute of the Earth's Crust SB RAS,

Head of Laboratory for Isotopic and Geochronological Studies,

tel.: (3952) 51–16–59,

email: rassk@crust.irk.ru.

Abstract. Volcanic fields are described in southeastern Mongolia along the Mandalgobi – Dariganga profile as a key area for understanding the late Mesozoic and Cenozoic geological evolution of Asia: the late Cenozoic Dariganga volcanic field at the eastern end of the profile, the Cretaceous-Paleogene Middle Gobi fields at the western end, and the Jurassic-Cretaceous ones along its entire length.

Keywords: Late Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Asia, Mongolia, transtension, volcanism.

P. 33–64

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