Tectonic setting discrimination diagrams for terrigenous rocks: a comparison

• Published in: Geochemistry international Vol. 54; no. 7; pp. 569 - 583
• Main Authors: Maslov, A. V., Podkovyrov, V. N., Mizens, G. A., Nozhkin, A. D., Fazliakhmetov, A. M., Malinovsky, A. I., Khudoley, A. K., Kotova, L. N., Kuptsova, A. V., Gareev, E. Z., Zainullin, R. I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01-07-2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Age; Comparative analysis; Diagrams; Discrimination; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Geochemistry; Island arcs; Islands; Plate tectonics; Platforms; Rocks; Sediments; Tectonics; rift; collision settings; Riphean; tectonic discrimination diagrams; Phanerozoic; island-arc; passive margins
• ISSN: 0016-7029; 1556-1968
• DOI: 10.1134/S0016702916060033

An attempt is made to compare discrimination diagrams of the first (mid-1980s) and second (early 2010s) generations compiled using data for sedimentary successions of different ages. Our results suggest that the diagrams of different generations allow more or less correct discrimination only between the platform, rift, passive margin, and island arc settings. The data for collision sediments do not form separate fields in these diagrams.