Shaka Ridge (South Atlantic): a Remnant of Continental Crust?
- Authors: Sushchevskaya N.М.1, Leychenkov G.L.2,3, Belyatsky B.V.4, Agapitova D.A.2
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Affiliations:
- Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academу of Sciences
- Gramberg All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the World Ocean
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Karpinsky All-Russia Research Geological Institute
- Issue: Vol 69, No 12 (2024)
- Pages: 1151-1173
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0016-7525/article/view/277667
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0016752524120034
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/IDSHOR
- ID: 277667
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Abstract
As a result of a study of igneous rocks of the basalt — andesite series, dredged on the Shaka Ridge in the South Atlantic, it was found that they differ from the basalts of mid-ocean ridges and ocean islands, and have an age of 183–186 Ma, corresponding to the time of manifestation of the Karoo-Mod mantle plume in central Gondwana. The input of ice-rafted debris into the study area due to ice transportion is considered unlikely. Geochemical and isotopic features of the studied igneous rocks show their similarity with the Jurassic mafic complexes of the Ferrar province in Antarctica and the Falkland Islands, formed during the intrusion of the Karoo Maud plume and paleo-Pacific subduction. Based on the all data obtained, it was concluded that the Shaka Ridge is a continental block that was moved during the opening of the South Atlantic in the Early Cretaceous-Early Miocene from the continental margin of Africa along an extended transform fault into the present Bouvet triple junction area.
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N. М. Sushchevskaya
Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academу of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: nadyas@geokhi.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
G. L. Leychenkov
Gramberg All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the World Ocean; Saint Petersburg State University
Email: german_l@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg; Saint Petersburg
B. V. Belyatsky
Karpinsky All-Russia Research Geological Institute
Email: bbelyatsky@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg
D. A. Agapitova
Gramberg All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the World Ocean
Email: nadyas@geokhi.ru
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg
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