Alkaline Rocks And Carbonatites Of The World: Part Two: Former Ussr

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Alkaline rocks and carbonatites have the most varied and extreme compositions of all igneous rocks. This volume describes all the known occurrences in the former USSR.

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Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World Part Two: Former USSR Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World Part Two: Former USSR L.N. Kogarko Vernadsky Institute, Moscow, Russia V.A. Konova Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry (IGEM), Moscow, Russia M.P. Orlova All-Union Institute of Geology (VSEGEI), St Petersburg, Russia and A.R. Woolley Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, London, UK m SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V. First edition 1995 © 1995 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Chapman & Hall in 1995 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1995 Typeset in 10/1 Opt Paladium by Colset Private Limited, Singapore ISBN 978-94-010-4228-4 ISBN 978-94-011-0513-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-0513-2 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the U K Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may not be reproduced, stored, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction only in accordance with the terms of the licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency in the U K , or in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the appropriate Reproduction Rights Organization outside the U K . Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the terms stated here should be sent to the publishers at the London address printed on this page. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 94-69922 (6o) Printed on acid-free text paper, manufactured in accordance with ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992(Permanence of Paper). Contents Introduction 1 Scope of the catalogue 2 Organization of the catalogue 2 Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the former U.S.S.R. 6 Acknowledgements 9 Descriptions by province Kola and Karelia Kanin-Timan Ukraine Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbai'an, Georgia) The Urals Kazakhstan Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Kirgystan, Tadzikistan) Taimyr Maimecha-Kotui Anabar Chadobetskaya Enisei East Sayan Kuznetsk-Minusinsk East Tuva Baikal Aldan Sette-Daban Chukotka Kamchatka-Anadyr' Omolon Sakhalin Primorye Locality Index 10 46 49 59 65 71 89 102 105 125 128 130 134 139 151 161 186 209 211 212 215 219 221 225 v Introduction tion of alkaline rocks and carbonatites with rifting has long been acknowledged. However, many large, diverse and important provinces are not widely known, including the 20 or so major provinces of the U.S.S.R. and some of the major concentrations of South America. Although alkaline rocks are known to be characteristic of stable, intra-plate environments, it is becoming clear that they also play an important role in the igneous activity concentrated at plate margins. In this respect also, therefore, it is concluded that the collation of all the available regional data can make a significant contribution to understanding these rocks. Sorensen (1974) in the Preface to 'The Alkaline Rocks' noted that owing to the limitations of space 'it was decided not to include a special section on the mineralogy of alkaline rocks and also not to com