Catagenetic transformations of gravelly–sandy rocks of the Taseeva Group in the Irkineevo–Chadobetsk riftogenic trough (southern Siberian Platform)

Abstract

The stagewise optical and electron-microscopic analysis of the texture and mineralogy of the Upper Riphean–Lower Vendian gravelly–sandy rocks (Taseeva Group) in the Irkineevo–Chadobetsk riftogenic trough revealed a wide spectrum of secondary transformations: gravitational corrosion of allothigenic minerals, their plastic deformation, intense fracturing, and authigenic mineral formation. Traces of low-temperature hydrothermal processes were recorded. The multistage nature of authigenic mineral formation is attributed to the periodic resumption of tectonic dislocations owing to reactivation of fluid dynamics and thermal impulses ΔT.