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Early Hercynides of the Baikal–Vitim Fold System, western Transbaikal region

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New data on the composition, age, structure, and geodynamic settings of the Upper Silurian–lower Middle Carboniferous rocks in the Baikal–Vitim Fold System (BVFS) are reported. These rocks make up the Early Hercynian structural stage of the BVFS, within which the Uda–Vitim, Vitimkan–Tsipa, and Turka–Kurba lithotectonic zones are recognized. The Early Hercynian stage combines rocks of two stratigraphic levels: Upper Silurian–Upper Devonian (S2–D3) and Upper–Devonian–Middle Carboniferous (D3–C2 1). On the basis of lithostratigraphic and spatiotemporal relationships between sedimentary and volcanic–sedimentary complexes of the Early Hercynian stage three formations are identified, which characterize the main tectonic regimes of the early half of the Late Paleozoic. It has been established that a common paleobasin that evolved through consecutively changing geodynamic settings at the passive and active continental margins existed in the Silurian (?)–early Middle Carboniferous in the northeastern part (in present-day coordinates) of the western Transbaikal region.

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    O. R. Minina, N. A. Doronina, L. I. Vetluzhskikh, V. S. Lantseva & E. V. Khodyreva

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Minina, O.R., Doronina, N.A., Nekrasov, G.E. et al. Early Hercynides of the Baikal–Vitim Fold System, western Transbaikal region. Geotecton. 50, 276–294 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016852116030079

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