М.М. Филиппов.
Биогенная гипотеза генезиса палео-протерозойских метасапропелитов
// Труды КарНЦ РАН. No 3. Сер. Геология Докембрия. 2012. C. 145-156
M.M. Filippov. The biogenic hypothesis of the genesis of paleoproterozoic metasapropelite // Transactions of Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Science. No 3. Precambrian Geology Series. 2012. Pp. 145-156
Keywords: metasapropelite, shungite, maxovite, shungite bearing rocks, the Paleoproterozoic, genesis, research methodology, biogenic hypothesis, diapir model.
The author discusses the methodology of the diapir model – a new hypothesis of the genesis of maxovites and shungites. The rocks appear as the result of a complex multistage process: from accumulation of sapropel matter to its differentiation by density as diapirs developed. Comprehensive consideration of all arguments in support of application of the diapir model to the geochemical, lithological, and geological (structural localization) aspects of shungite matter, shungite bearing rocks, and their deposits leads to the conclusion that the biogenic hypothesis is more relevant than the non-biogenic one.
