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TERRA NOVA
Volume 25, Issue 3, Pages 236-244Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ter.12031
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K-Ar ages of authigenic illite from two drill-core gouge samples of a fault in the Palaeoproterozoic basement of Finland record two distinct faulting events. The older sample yields apparent ages from 1240 +/- 26 to 1006 +/- 21Ma for four grain size fractions between 6 and <0.1m. The second sample is structurally younger and yields statistically distinct ages ranging from 978 +/- 20 to 886 +/- 18Ma. We interpret the ages of the <0.1m fractions, which are the youngest, as representing the actual time of faulting. XRD analysis and age modelling exclude significant age contamination of the finest dated fractions with inherited host rock components. These results provide therefore an example of meaningful isotopic dating of illite-type clay material formed during Precambrian faulting, demonstrate and constrain fault reactivation and give evidence for brittle Sveconorwegian Mesoproterozoic shortening and Neoproterozoic extension in Fennoscandia. Terra Nova, 25, 236-244, 2013
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