Specific features of sandstones of Upper Devonian Tayokuyakhinskaya Formation on southeastern slope of the Kanin Kamen range (Kanin Peninsula)

Abstract

The results of studying the lithological and geochemical characteristics of sandstones of the Upper Devonian Tayaokuyakhinskaya Formation in the southeastern part of the Kanin Nos Peninsula are presented. The accumulation of sandstones of the Tayaokuyakhinskaya Formation occurred in the absence of volcanic activity in a shallow basin with small periodic fluctuations in sea level, which led to a change in the degree of maturity, sorting, and the ratio of clay and sandy components in the rock. The accumulation of the psammitic strata occurred due to the destruction and redeposition of weakly weathered sedimentary rocks in a moderately warm climate. It was established that the formation of the composition of sandstones was influenced by at least two sources of clastic material — garnet-bearing crystalline shales and feldspar-quartz sandstones metamorphosed into the greenschist facies. The latter, most likely, were the source of the indicative gold contents found in the Devonian clastic rocks.