Pages
Download article

Origin and structural position of the Kamchatka median massif according to deep geological and geophysical surveys

A.G. Nurmukhamedov, M.D. Sidorov, Yu.P. Trukhin

Original article

DOI https://doi.org/10.18599/grs.2023.2.19

254-270
rus.

open access

Under a Creative Commons license

The article shows the results of deep research along the profile of the settlement of Nizhnyaya Oblukovina – the city of Andrianovka, crossing the northern part of the Kamchatka median massif. A geological and geophysical model of the structure of the earth’s crust and upper mantle has been constructed, where the structural position of the object under study is presented and an assumption is made about its origin. The model highlights a fragment of paleosubduction (slab), which was part of the most ancient convergent boundary in western Kamchatka. The final stage of subduction blocking and its displacement to the east at a distance of ~60 km in the Early Eocene is associated with the entry into the accretionary complex of a terrane in the form of an island-arc plate 6–9 km thick. At the site of the maximum inflection of the subsequent slab, an extension zone was formed – a rift zone, along which the rise of mantle material and high-temperature fluid occurred. Approximately 52 million years ago, the processes of metamorphism, focal melting and intrusion of granites into the upper layers of the crust took place. As a result, in the eastern part of the plate and its flanks, a granitoid massif was formed with a rock density of 2.58 g/cm3, which is significantly lower than the environmental density. Density deficiency led to a violation of isostatic equilibrium and, as a result, to a rise in this part of the structure. The most intense uplift occurred at the end of the Oligocene, as a result of which a ledge was formed, which the authors recommend giving the name: “Middle Kamchatka ledge” instead of the rooted “Kamchatsky median massif”. The genetic relationship of the Shanuch ore region with the features of the deep structure of the lithosphere has been revealed. The results of the research indicate a hidden (buried) distribution of the island-arc plate beyond the boundaries of the mapped outcrops of metamorphids. Intrusions of the main composition, promising for the opening of sulfide copper-nickel ores, are located in the marginal parts of the ledge.

 

lithosphere, Earth’s crust, subduction, allochthonous terrane, rift zone

 

  • Avdeyko G.P., Paluyeva A.A. (2006). Olyutorsky earthquake of 2006 as a result of the interaction of lithospheric plates in the Koryak-Kamchatka region. Vestnik KRAUNTS. Nauki o zemle, (2), pp. 54–68. (In Russ.)
  • Avdeiko G.P., Bergal-Kuvikas O.V. (2015). The geodynamic conditions for the generation of adakites and Nb-rich basalts (NEAB)) in Kamchatka. J. Volcanolog. Seismol., (9), pp. 295–306. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0742046315050024
  • Aprelkov S.E., Ivanova G.I. (1989). Generalization and reinterpretation of materials from gravity surveys at a scale of 1:200,000 in Central Kamchatka in order to compile a structural-formation map at a scale of 1:500,000, report. Yelizovo: YeGFE, 375 p. (In Russ.)
  • Aprelkov S.E., Ol′shanskaya O.N. (1989). Tectonic zoning of Central and Southern Kamchatka according to geological and geophysical data. Tikhookeanskaya geologiya, (1), pp. 53–65. (In Russ)
  • Aprelkov S.E., Ol′shanskaya O.N., Ivanova G.I. (1991). Tectonics of Kamchatka. Tikhookeanskaya geologiya, (3), pp. 62–75. (In Russ.)
  • Aprelkov S.E., Podpruzhenko S.V. (2009). The Penzhina-West Kamchatka folded zone and the Ukelayat-Sredinnyi block in the structure of the Koryak Highland and Kamchatka. Russ. J. of Pac. Geol., (3), pp. 388–400. https://doi.org/10.1134/S181971400904006X
  • Bondarenko G.E. (1997). Ultrabasic and basic metavolcanics of the Sredinny Ridge of Kamchatka: position in section and setting of formation. Byul. MOIP. Otd. geol, 72(3), pp. 32–40. (In Russ.).
  • Bogdanov N.A., Chekhovich V.D. (2002). On the collision of the West Kamchatka and Sea of Okhotsk plates. Geotektonika, (1), pp. 72–85. (In Russ.)
  • Davies J.H., von Blanckenburg F. (1995). Slab breakoff: a model of lithosphere detachment and its test in the magmatism and deformation of collisionalorogens. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 129(1–4), рp. 85–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(94)00237-S
  • Khain V.E. (1991). Middle array. V. 5. Ed. A.E. Kozlovsky. Moscow: Sovetskaya entsiklopediya, 541 p. (In Russ.)
  • Khanchuk A.I. (1985). Evolution of the ancient sialic crust in the island-arc systems of East Asia. Vladivostok: DVNTS AN SSSR, 138 p. (In Russ.)
  • Khanchuk A.I., Grigor’yev V.N., Golozubov V.V., Govorov G.I., Krylov K.A., Kurnosov V.B., Panchenko I.V., Pral’nikova I.E., Chudayeva O.V. (1990). Kuuul’s ophiolite terrane. Vladivostok: DVGI DVO AN SSSR, 108 p. (In Russ.)
  • Kirmasov A.B., Solov′yev A.V., Khourigan Dzh. K. (2004). Collision and post-collision structural evolution of the Andrianovsk seam (Sredinny ridge, Kamchatka). Geotektonika, (4), pp. 64–90. (In Russ.)
  • Kosminskaya I.P. (1967). Modern seismic data on the oceanic and continental crust. Byul. MOIP. Otd. geol., (5), pp. 8–17. (In Russ.)
  • Kuzmin, V.K., Bogomolov, E.S. (2013). Provenances of metaterrigenous sequences in the Sredinny and Ganalsky uplifts, Kamchatka in the light of New Sm-Nd isotopic data. Geotecton., (47), pp. 206–214. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016852113030059
  • Luchitskaya M.V. (2013). Mesozoic and Cenozoic granitoid complexes in the structure of the continental margin of northeast Asia. Geotectonics, (47)5, pp. 311–339. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016852113050038
  • Markovskiy B.A. (2004). Marginal-oceanic type of rift ultramafic-mafic magmatism of the Asia-Pacific transit. Geology and metallogeny of ultramafic-mafic and granitoid intrusive associations: Proc. Int. conf. Yekaterinburg, pp. 44–48. (In Russ.)
  • Mishin V.V. (1996). Deep structure and types of the earth’s crust in the south of Kamchatka. Tikhookeanskaya geologiya, (1), pp. 110–119. (In Russ.)
  • Moroz YU.F., Moroz T.A. (2011). Numerical 3D modeling of the magnetotelluric field in kamchatka. Izv., Phys. Solid Earth., (47), pp. 138–146. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351311010071
  • Nurmukhamedov A.G. (2001). Geoelectric section of the upper part of the earth’s crust along the regional profile Nizhnyaya Oblukovina – Adrianovka (Kamchatka). Tikhookeanskaya geologiya, (2), pp. 13–23. (In Russ.)
  • Nurmukhamedov A.G., Moroz YU.F. (2008). Features of the geological structure of the northeastern part of the Koryak-Kamchatka folded area according to the data of deep geophysical research. Vestnik KRAUNTS. Nauki o Zemle, (11), pp. 125–133. (In Russ.)
  • Nurmukhamedov A.G. (2010). Deep structure of the northeastern part of the Koryak-Kamchatka folded area according to geophysical data. Cand. geol.-min. sci. diss. Irkutsk: IZK, 151 p. (In Russ.)
  • Nurmukhamedov A.G. (2013). Results of work on the object “Creation of a scheme of seismotectonic zoning of the Koryak-Kamchatka folded area based on a generalization of deep geological and geophysical works”. Report. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: OAO Kamchatgeologiya, 295 p.
  • Nurmukhamedov A.G., Nedyad′ko V.V., Rakitov V.A., Lipat′yev M.S. (2016). The boundaries of the lithosphere in Kamchatka according to the method of converted waves of earthquakes. Vestnik KRAUNTS. Nauki o Zemle, (29), pp. 35–52. (In Russ.)
  • Nurmukhamedov A.G., Sidorov M.D. (2019). Deep structure and geothermal potential along the regional profile set from Opala Mountain to Vakhil’ River (Southern Kamchatka). IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci., 249, 012041. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/249/1/012041
  • Nurmukhamedov A.G., Sidorov M.D., Moroz Yu.F. (2020). Model of the deep structure of the earth’s crust and upper mantle in the area of the Karymshinskiy gold- ore cluster according to geophysical data (south Kamchatka). Georesursy = Georesurces, (22)1, pp. 68–76. https://doi.org/10.18599/grs.2020.1.63-72
  • Nurmukhamedov, A.G., Sidorov, M.D. (2022). The Deep Structure Model for Southern Kamchatka Based on 3D Density Modeling and Geological and Geophysical Data. Russ. J. of Pac. Geol., (16), pp. 83–100. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1819714022020075
  • Physical properties of rocks and minerals (petrophysics) (1984). Ed. N.B. Dortman. Moscow: Nedra, 455 p. (In Russ.)
  • Pomerantseva I.V., Mozzhenko A.N. (1977). Seismic surveys with equipment “Zemlya”. Moscow: Nedra, 256 p. (In Russ.)
  • Ringvud A.E. (1972). Composition and evolution of the upper mantle. Earth Sciences, v. 43, The Earth’s crust and upper mantle. Moscow: Mir, pp. 7–26. (In Russ.)
  • Rikhter A.V. (1995). The structure of the metamorphic complex of the Sredinno-Kamchatka massif. Geotektonika, (1), pp. 71–78. (In Russ.)
  • Rokityanskiy I.I. (1975). Investigations of electrical conductivity anomalies by the method of magnetovariational profiling. Kiev: Naukova dumka, 280 p. (In Russ.)
  • Savostin L.A., Kuznetsov N.B., Bondarenko G.E., Perchuk A.L., Gerya T.V. (1992). New data on the relationship between the Kamchatka and Andrianovo complexes (Middle Kamchatka). DAN, (326)1, pp. 148–153. (In Russ.)
  • Selivёrstov N.I. (2009). Geodynamics of the junction zone of the Kuril-Kamchatka and Aleutian island arcs. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy: KamGU, 191 p. (In Russ.)
  • Sidorov M.D., Stepanov V.A. (2006). Geophysical fields and nickel content of the Kamchatka median massif. Vestnik KRAUNTS. Nauki o Zemle, (8), pp. 140–150. (In Russ.)
  • Sidorov M.D., Taskin V.V., Veshnyakov N.A. (2016). Density inhomogeneities in the upper crust of the Shanuch ore region, and the problem of identifying undiscovered nickel-bearing intrusions (middle massif, Kamchatka). Regional’naya geologiya i metallogeniya, 65, pp. 1–12. (In Russ.)
  • Sidorov M.D., Razumnyy A.V., Isayeva YE.P. (2020). Model of the Earth’s crust and tectonic zoning of the continent-ocean transitional zone of the Chukotka-Koryaksko-Kamchatka sector of the Pacific fold belt. Regional’naya geologiya i metallogeniya, 82, pp. 69–82. (In Russ.)
  • Sidorov M.D., Nurmukhamedov A.G. (2022). Three-Dimensional image of crustal density model: a case study in South Kamchatka. Russ. Geol. Geophys., 63(10), pp. 1189–1206. https://doi.org/10.2113/RGG20204328
  • Smirnov L.M. (1971). Tectonics of Western Kamchatka. Geotektonika, (3), pp. 104–117. (In Russ.)
  • Smirnov V.I. (1974). Ben’off zones and igneous ore formation. Geologiya rudnykh mestorozhdeniy, (1), pp. 3–17. (In Russ.)
  • Solov’yev A.V. (2005). Study of tectonic processes in areas of convergence of lithospheric plates using track dating and structural analysis methods. Dis. dr. geol.-min. sci. dis. Moscow: MGU. (In Russ.)
  • Solov’yev A.V. (2008). Study of tectonic processes in areas of convergence of lithospheric plates: methods of track and structural analysis. Tr. GIN RAN, 577. Moscow: Nauka, 319 p. (In Russ.)
  • State geological map of the Russian Federation. (2006). Scale 1:1,000,000 (third generation). Series Koryaksko-Kurilskaya. Sheet N-57 – Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Explanatory letter. St. Petersburg: Kart. fabrika VSEGEI, 376 p. (In Russ.)
  • Tararin I.A. (1977). Origin of granulites of the Ganal Range of Kamchatka. DAN SSSR, 234(3), pp. 677–680. (In Russ.)
  • Tararin I.A., Badredinov Z.G., Chubarov V.M. (2015). Petrology and ore content of metamorphic and igneous complexes of Central and Eastern Kamchatka. Vladivostok: Nauka, 302 p. (In Russ.)
  • Tarakanov R.Z. (1987). Seismicity. Geological and geophysical atlas of the Kuril-Kamchatka island system. Ed. Sergeyev K.F., Krasny M.L. Leningrad: VSEGEI, 33. (In Russ.)
  • Trukhin YU.P., Stepanov V.A., Sidorov M.D. (2007). The main features of the Kamchatka nickel-bearing province. Proc.VIII Int. conf. “New Ideas in Earth Sciences”, v. 5, pp. 268–270. (In Russ.)
  • Trukhin Yu.P., Stepanov V.A., Sidorov M.D. (2008). The Kamchatka nickel-bearing province. Doklady Earth Sciences, 419(1), pp. 214–216. (In Russ.)
  • Filatova N.I. (2014). New data on the tectonic position of the Mesozoic rocks of Western Kamchatka in the structures of the Cretaceous orogenic belt of Eastern Asia. Dokl. Earth Sc., 455, pp. 389–394. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X1405002
  • Shantser A.E., Chelebaeva A.I. (2004). Stratigraphy, geological events, and a new model of late cretaceous-early paleogene rifting in Central Kamchatka. Stratigraphy and geological correlation, 12(4), pp. 394–405. (In Russ.) 
  • Shantser A.E., Chelebaeva A.I. (2005). Late Cretaceous of Central Kamchatka. Moscow: GEOS, 116 p. (In Russ.) 
  • Shapiro M.N., Solovyov A.V. (2009). Formation of the Olyutorsky-Kamchatka foldbelt: A kinematic model. Geologiya i geofizika = Russian Geology and Geophysics, (50)8, pp. 668–681. (In Russ.)
  • Shul’diner V.I., Vysotskiy S.V., Khanchuk A.I. (1987). Foundation of the Pacific active margins. Moscow: Nauka, 208 p. (In Russ.)
  • Wannamaker P.E., Stodt J.A., Rijo L. (1987). A stable finite element solution for two-dimentional magnetotellure modeling. Geophys. J. Int., 88(1), pp. 277–296. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1987.tb01380.x
  • Zhdanov M.S., Varentsov I.M., Golubev N.G., Krylov V.A. (1990). Methods for modeling electromagnetic fields. Proc. Int. project COMMEMI. Ed. Dmitriyev V.I. Moscow: Nauka, 200 p. (In Russ.)
  • Zonenshayn L.P., Kuz′min M.I., Kovalenko V.I. (1973). Structural-magmatic zonality and metallogeny of the western part of the Pacific belt. Geotektonika, (5), pp. 3–21. (In Russ.)
  • Zonenshayn L.P., Kuz′min M.I., Natapov L.M. (1990). Tectonics of lithospheric plates in the territory of the USSR. Moscow: Nedra, 334 p. (In Russ.)
  •  

Alexander G. Nurmukhamedov – Cand. Sci. (Geology and Mineralogy), Leading Researcher, Research Geotechnological Center of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
P.O. Box 56, Severo-Vostochnoye shosse, 30, Petropavlovsk- Kamchatsky, 683002, Russian Federation
e-mail: nurmuxamedov1949@mail.ru

Mikhail D. Sidorov – Cand. Sci. (Geology and Mineralogy), Leading Researcher, Research Geotechnological Center of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
P.O. Box 56, Severo-Vostochnoye shosse, 30, Petropavlovsk- Kamchatsky, 683002, Russian Federation

Yury P. Trukhin – Dr. Sci. (Geology and Mineralogy), Senior Researcher, Research Geotechnological Center of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
P.O. Box 56, Severo-Vostochnoye shosse, 30, Petropavlovsk- Kamchatsky, 683002, Russian Federation

 

For citation:

Nurmukhamedov A.G., Sidorov M.D., Trukhin Yu.P. (2023). Origin and structural position of the Kamchatka median massif according to deep geological and geophysical surveys. Georesursy = Georesources, 25(2), pp. 254–270. https://doi.org/10.18599/grs.2023.2.19