Supracrustal Rocks of Uneven-Aged Archean Greenstone Structures of the Karelian Craton of the Fennoscandian Shield at the Border with the Svecofennian Block: Composition, Age, and Origin.

New data have been obtained on composition and age of the Archean supracrustal complexes of the Yalonvara–Pertinjarvi, Korpijarvi, and Pastajarvi structures in the marginal part of the Karelian Craton of the Fennoscandian Shield in the conjunction area with the Svecofennian Orogen. The structures were typically attributed to the single Yalonvara–Ilomantsi greenstone belt. On the basis of geochronological, petrographic, and geochemical data, only the Korpijarvi and Pastajarvi structures with an age of 2.73 Ga can be considered as a continuation of the Hattu greenstone belt in the Ilomantsi province (Finland). More ancient rocks of the Yalonvara–Pertinjarvi structure, estimated at 2.95–2.93 Ga, can be compared with the Mesoarchean basalt–andesite–dacite–rhyolite stratotectonic association of the Hautavaara greenstone structure. The younger Neoarchean rocks metamorphosed under the high-temperature amphibolite facies conditions are composed of gneisses and amphibolites. The ancient greenstone rocks metamorphosed under the greenschist and epidote–amphibolite facies conditions are of tuff nature. The rocks of both complexes are similar in terms of geochemistry to volcanic rocks of the suprasubduction settings, but they are different in proportions of the material of the mantle wedge and subduction plate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]