V. A. Melezhik

Petroleum surface oil seeps from a Palaeoproterozoic petrified giant oilfield (2009)

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Filippov, M., Lepland, A., Rychanchik, D.V., Deines, Y.E., ...

Early Palaeoproterozoic rocks from the Onega Basin in Russian Fennoscandia contain evidence for substantial accumulation and preservation of organic matter (up to 75 wt% total organic carbon)...

Constraints on 87Sr/86Sr of Late Ediacaran seawater: insight from Siberian high-Sr limestones (2009)

Melezhik, V.A., Pokrovsky, B.G., Fallick, A.E., Kuznetsov, A.B., Bujakaite, M.I.

In SE Siberia, carbonate formations with δ13Ccarb values ranging between –12‰ and –7‰ (V-PDB) and Sr concentrations of up to 2.5% occupy an area of 40 000 km2. Several...

Isotope chemostratigraphy of marbles in northeastern Mozambique: Apparent depositional ages and tectonostratigraphic implications (2008)

Melezhik, V.A., Bingen, B., Fallick, A.E., Gorokhov, I.M., Kuznetsov, A.B., Sandstad, J.S., ...

Marbles are minor but characteristic components of metasedimentary units within nappes in the Pan-African Mozambique Belt in NE Mozambique. Metasedimentary units remain largely undated, and carbon...

The Shuram-Wonoka event recorded in a high-grade metamorphic terrane: insight from the Scandinavian Caledonides (2008)

Melezhik, V.A., Roberts, D., Fallick, A.E., Gorokhov, I.M.

An approximately 250 m thick polydeformed and polymetamorphosed, isotopically unusual, variegated marble (locally termed the ‘Leivset marble’) shows a great lateral extent in the Scandinavian...

Geochemical preservation potential of high-grade calcite marble versus dolomite marble: implication for isotope chemostratigraphy (2005)

Melezhik, V.A., Roberts, D., Fallick, A.E., Gorokhov, I.M., Kusnetzov, A.B.

The Neoproterozoic Hekkelstrand Marble from the North-Central Norwegian Catedonides contains a calcite marble unit hosting a commercially exploited white dolomite marble deposit, which underwent...

Palaeoproterozoic evaporites in Fennoscandia: implications for seawater sulphate, the rise of atmospheric oxygen and local amplification of the delta C-13 excursion (2005)

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Rychanchik, D.V., Kuznetsov, A.B.

This paper addresses global oxygenation and establishment of a marine sulphate reservoir in the Palaeoproterozoic. We report syn-depositional, marine, anhydrite-containing pseudomorphs after...

Subaerial exposure surfaces in a Palaeoproterozoic 13C-rich dolostone sequence from the Pechenga Greenstone Belt: palaeoenvironmental and isotopic implications for the 2330-2060 Ma global isotope excursion of 13C/12C (2004)

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Grillo, S.M.

This article reports the discovery of numerous subaerial exposure surfaces which occur in the ca. 2200 Ma Kuetsjdrvi Sedimentary Formation (KSF) from the Pechenga Greenstone Belt, NE Fennoscandian...

Fractionation of carbon and oxygen isotopes in 13C-rich Palaeoproterozoic dolostones in the transition from medium-gradegreenschist facies: a case study from the Kola Superdeep Drillhole (2003)

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Smirnov, Y.P., Yakovlev, Y.N.

Samples from the Kola Superdeep Drillhole (12 262 m), a deep drillhole (1060 m), and from the surface, seaprated by only around 10 km, provided a unique opportunity for direct tracing of delta(13)C...

Sr isotope composition in paleoproterozoic carbonates extremely enriched in 13C: Kaniapiskau supergroup, the Labrador trough of the Canadian shield (2003)

Kuznetsov, A.B., Melezhik, V.A., Gorokhov, I.M., Melnikov, N.N., Fallick, A.E.

Paleoproterozoic dolostones of the Dunphy, Portage, Alder, and Uve formations representing lower horizons of the Kaniapiskau Supergroup in the Labrador trough of the Canadian Shield are remarkable,...

δ13C and δ18O variations in primary and secondary carbonate phases: several contrasting examples from Palaeoproterozoic 13C-rich metamorphosed dolostones (2003)

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E.

The Palaeoproterozoic Kuetsjarvi Sedimentary Formation from the Pechenga Greenstone Belt, NW Russia, has been studied with the purpose of determining δ13Ccarb and δ18Ocarb values in various...

Isotopic evidence for a complex Neoproterozoic to Silurian rock assemblage in the North-Central Norwegian Caledonides (2002)

Melezhik, V.A., Roberts, D., Gorokhov, I.M., Fallick, A.E., Zwaan, K.B., Kuznetsov, A.B., ...

Depositional ages of high-grade marble sequences in the Ofoten district of the North-Central Norwegian Caledonides have been constrained by the application of carbon and strontium isotope...

Isotopic stratigraphy suggests Neoproterozoic ages and Laurentian ancestry for high-grade marbles from the North- Central Norwegian Caledonides (2002)

Melezhik, V.A., Gorokhov, I.M., Fallick, A.E., Roberts, D., Kuznetsov, A.B., Zwaan, K.B., ...

Carbon and strontium isotope stratigraphy has been applied to constrain the depositional ages of high-grade marble sequences in the Ofoten district of the North-Central Norwegian Caledonides. Two...

Strontium and carbon isotope geochemistry applied to dating of carbonate sedimentation: an example from high-grade rocks of the Norwegian Caledonides (2001)

Melezhik, V.A., Gorokhov, I.M., Fallick, A.E., Gjelle, S.

'Isotope stratigraphy' has been applied to an undated, high- grade carbonate sequence from the Norwegian Caledonides in order to constrain the depositional age. Sokumfjell Group marbles of the Beiarn...

Chemostratigraphy of Neoproterozoic carbonates: implications for 'blind dating' (2001)

Melezhik, V.A., Gorokhov, I.M., Kuznetsov, A.B., Fallick, A.E.

The delta C-13(carb) and Sr-87/Sr-86 secular variations in Neoproteozoic seawater have been used for the purpose of 'isotope stratigraphy' but there are a number of problems that can preclude its...

Palaeoproterozoic travertines of volcanic affiliation from a C- 13-rich rift lake environment (2001)

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E.

The ca. 2.2 Ga Kuetsjarvi Sedimentary Formation (KSF) of the Pechenga Greenstone Belt, the north-east Fennoscandian Shield, contains the oldest travertines so far reported in the literature. The...

Palaeoproterozoic magnesite: lithological and isotopic evidence for playa/sabkha environments (2001)

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Medvedev, P.V., Makarikhin, V.V.

Magnesite forms a series of 1- to 15-m-thick beds within the approximate to2.0 Ga (Palaeoproterozoic) Tulomozerskaya Formation, NW Fennoscandian Shield, Russia. Drillcore material together with...

Palaeoproterozoic magnesite-stromatolite-dolostone-'red bed' association, Russian Karelia: palaeoenvironmental constraints on the 2.0 Ga-positive carbon isotope shift (2000)

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Medvedev, P.V., Makarikhin, V.V.

The ca. 2000 Ma. Tulomozerskaya Formation, Russian Karelia, is composed of an 800 m-thick magnesite-stromatolite-dolostone- 'red bed' succession with the most C-13-rich dolostones (up to +18 parts...

Depositional environment and apparent age of the Fauske carbonate conglomerate, North Norwegian Caledonides (2000)

Melezhik, V.A., Heldal, T., Roberts, D., Gorokhov, I.M., Fallick, A.E.

The Fauske conglomerate represents a rather rare case of a monomict carbonate conglomerate in the Late Neoproterozoic to Silurian, lithostratigraphic successionsof the Norwegian Caledonides....

2000-Ma sulphide concretions from the 'Productive' Formation of the Pechenga Greenstone Belt, NW Russia: genetic history based on morphological and isotopic evidence (1998)

Melezhik, V.A., Grinenko, L.N., Fallick, A.E.

Two hundred and fifty-nine sulphide samples from black shales of the 'Productive' Formation belonging to the Palaeoproterozoic (2000 Ma) Petsamo Supergroup in the Kola region (NW Russia) have been...

Links between Palaeoproterozoic palaeogeography and rise and decline of stromatolites: Fennoscandian Shield (1997)

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Makarikhin, V.V., Lyubtsov, V.V.

Through a review of literature and new data we have documented two major events in the Palaeoproterozoic history of stromatolites as indicated by palaeontological and palaeoenvironmental studies....

Two billion year old isotopically heavy carbon: evidence from the Labrador Trough, Canada (1997)

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Clark, T.

Forty-eight samples of bulk carbonates were studied from the Dunphy, Portage, Alder, Uvé, Denault, and Abner formations and the undivided Pistolet subgroup in the Labrador Trough, Quebec, Canada....

Sr isotope composition in paleoproterozoic carbonates extremely enriched in 13C: Kaniapiskau supergroup, the Labrador trough of the Canadian shield

Kuznetsov, A.B., Melezhik, V.A., Gorokhov, I.M., Melnikov, N.N., Fallick, A.E.

Paleoproterozoic dolostones of the Dunphy, Portage, Alder, and Uve formations representing lower horizons of the Kaniapiskau Supergroup in the Labrador trough of the Canadian Shield are remarkable,...

Fractionation of carbon and oxygen isotopes in 13C-rich Palaeoproterozoic dolostones in the transition from medium-gradegreenschist facies: a case study from the Kola Superdeep Drillhole

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Smirnov, Y.P., Yakovlev, Y.N.

Samples from the Kola Superdeep Drillhole (12 262 m), a deep drillhole (1060 m), and from the surface, seaprated by only around 10 km, provided a unique opportunity for direct tracing of delta(13)C...

δ13C and δ18O variations in primary and secondary carbonate phases: several contrasting examples from Palaeoproterozoic 13C-rich metamorphosed dolostones

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E.

The Palaeoproterozoic Kuetsjarvi Sedimentary Formation from the Pechenga Greenstone Belt, NW Russia, has been studied with the purpose of determining δ13Ccarb and δ18Ocarb values in various...

Isotopic stratigraphy suggests Neoproterozoic ages and Laurentian ancestry for high-grade marbles from the North- Central Norwegian Caledonides

Melezhik, V.A., Gorokhov, I.M., Fallick, A.E., Roberts, D., Kuznetsov, A.B., Zwaan, K.B., ...

Carbon and strontium isotope stratigraphy has been applied to constrain the depositional ages of high-grade marble sequences in the Ofoten district of the North-Central Norwegian Caledonides. Two...

Isotopic evidence for a complex Neoproterozoic to Silurian rock assemblage in the North-Central Norwegian Caledonides

Melezhik, V.A., Roberts, D., Gorokhov, I.M., Fallick, A.E., Zwaan, K.B., Kuznetsov, A.B., ...

Depositional ages of high-grade marble sequences in the Ofoten district of the North-Central Norwegian Caledonides have been constrained by the application of carbon and strontium isotope...

Palaeoproterozoic travertines of volcanic affiliation from a C- 13-rich rift lake environment

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E.

The ca. 2.2 Ga Kuetsjarvi Sedimentary Formation (KSF) of the Pechenga Greenstone Belt, the north-east Fennoscandian Shield, contains the oldest travertines so far reported in the literature. The...

Palaeoproterozoic magnesite: lithological and isotopic evidence for playa/sabkha environments

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Medvedev, P.V., Makarikhin, V.V.

Magnesite forms a series of 1- to 15-m-thick beds within the approximate to2.0 Ga (Palaeoproterozoic) Tulomozerskaya Formation, NW Fennoscandian Shield, Russia. Drillcore material together with...

Strontium and carbon isotope geochemistry applied to dating of carbonate sedimentation: an example from high-grade rocks of the Norwegian Caledonides

Melezhik, V.A., Gorokhov, I.M., Fallick, A.E., Gjelle, S.

'Isotope stratigraphy' has been applied to an undated, high- grade carbonate sequence from the Norwegian Caledonides in order to constrain the depositional age. Sokumfjell Group marbles of the Beiarn...

Chemostratigraphy of Neoproterozoic carbonates: implications for 'blind dating'

Melezhik, V.A., Gorokhov, I.M., Kuznetsov, A.B., Fallick, A.E.

The delta C-13(carb) and Sr-87/Sr-86 secular variations in Neoproteozoic seawater have been used for the purpose of 'isotope stratigraphy' but there are a number of problems that can preclude its...

Subaerial exposure surfaces in a Palaeoproterozoic 13C-rich dolostone sequence from the Pechenga Greenstone Belt: palaeoenvironmental and isotopic implications for the 2330-2060 Ma global isotope excursion of 13C/12C

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Grillo, S.M.

This article reports the discovery of numerous subaerial exposure surfaces which occur in the ca. 2200 Ma Kuetsjdrvi Sedimentary Formation (KSF) from the Pechenga Greenstone Belt, NE Fennoscandian...

2000-Ma sulphide concretions from the 'Productive' Formation of the Pechenga Greenstone Belt, NW Russia: genetic history based on morphological and isotopic evidence

Melezhik, V.A., Grinenko, L.N., Fallick, A.E.

Two hundred and fifty-nine sulphide samples from black shales of the 'Productive' Formation belonging to the Palaeoproterozoic (2000 Ma) Petsamo Supergroup in the Kola region (NW Russia) have been...

Palaeoproterozoic magnesite-stromatolite-dolostone-'red bed' association, Russian Karelia: palaeoenvironmental constraints on the 2.0 Ga-positive carbon isotope shift

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Medvedev, P.V., Makarikhin, V.V.

The ca. 2000 Ma. Tulomozerskaya Formation, Russian Karelia, is composed of an 800 m-thick magnesite-stromatolite-dolostone- 'red bed' succession with the most C-13-rich dolostones (up to +18 parts...

Depositional environment and apparent age of the Fauske carbonate conglomerate, North Norwegian Caledonides

Melezhik, V.A., Heldal, T., Roberts, D., Gorokhov, I.M., Fallick, A.E.

The Fauske conglomerate represents a rather rare case of a monomict carbonate conglomerate in the Late Neoproterozoic to Silurian, lithostratigraphic successionsof the Norwegian Caledonides....

Geochemical preservation potential of high-grade calcite marble versus dolomite marble: implication for isotope chemostratigraphy

Melezhik, V.A., Roberts, D., Fallick, A.E., Gorokhov, I.M., Kusnetzov, A.B.

The Neoproterozoic Hekkelstrand Marble from the North-Central Norwegian Catedonides contains a calcite marble unit hosting a commercially exploited white dolomite marble deposit, which underwent...

Palaeoproterozoic evaporites in Fennoscandia: implications for seawater sulphate, the rise of atmospheric oxygen and local amplification of the delta C-13 excursion

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Rychanchik, D.V., Kuznetsov, A.B.

This paper addresses global oxygenation and establishment of a marine sulphate reservoir in the Palaeoproterozoic. We report syn-depositional, marine, anhydrite-containing pseudomorphs after...

Sr isotope composition in paleoproterozoic carbonates extremely enriched in 13C: Kaniapiskau supergroup, the Labrador trough of the Canadian shield

Kuznetsov, A.B., Melezhik, V.A., Gorokhov, I.M., Melnikov, N.N., Fallick, A.E.

Paleoproterozoic dolostones of the Dunphy, Portage, Alder, and Uve formations representing lower horizons of the Kaniapiskau Supergroup in the Labrador trough of the Canadian Shield are remarkable,...

Fractionation of carbon and oxygen isotopes in 13C-rich Palaeoproterozoic dolostones in the transition from medium-gradegreenschist facies: a case study from the Kola Superdeep Drillhole

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Smirnov, Y.P., Yakovlev, Y.N.

Samples from the Kola Superdeep Drillhole (12 262 m), a deep drillhole (1060 m), and from the surface, seaprated by only around 10 km, provided a unique opportunity for direct tracing of delta(13)C...

δ13C and δ18O variations in primary and secondary carbonate phases: several contrasting examples from Palaeoproterozoic 13C-rich metamorphosed dolostones

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E.

The Palaeoproterozoic Kuetsjarvi Sedimentary Formation from the Pechenga Greenstone Belt, NW Russia, has been studied with the purpose of determining δ13Ccarb and δ18Ocarb values in various...

Isotopic stratigraphy suggests Neoproterozoic ages and Laurentian ancestry for high-grade marbles from the North- Central Norwegian Caledonides

Melezhik, V.A., Gorokhov, I.M., Fallick, A.E., Roberts, D., Kuznetsov, A.B., Zwaan, K.B., ...

Carbon and strontium isotope stratigraphy has been applied to constrain the depositional ages of high-grade marble sequences in the Ofoten district of the North-Central Norwegian Caledonides. Two...

Isotopic evidence for a complex Neoproterozoic to Silurian rock assemblage in the North-Central Norwegian Caledonides

Melezhik, V.A., Roberts, D., Gorokhov, I.M., Fallick, A.E., Zwaan, K.B., Kuznetsov, A.B., ...

Depositional ages of high-grade marble sequences in the Ofoten district of the North-Central Norwegian Caledonides have been constrained by the application of carbon and strontium isotope...

Palaeoproterozoic travertines of volcanic affiliation from a C- 13-rich rift lake environment

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E.

The ca. 2.2 Ga Kuetsjarvi Sedimentary Formation (KSF) of the Pechenga Greenstone Belt, the north-east Fennoscandian Shield, contains the oldest travertines so far reported in the literature. The...

Palaeoproterozoic magnesite: lithological and isotopic evidence for playa/sabkha environments

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Medvedev, P.V., Makarikhin, V.V.

Magnesite forms a series of 1- to 15-m-thick beds within the approximate to2.0 Ga (Palaeoproterozoic) Tulomozerskaya Formation, NW Fennoscandian Shield, Russia. Drillcore material together with...

Strontium and carbon isotope geochemistry applied to dating of carbonate sedimentation: an example from high-grade rocks of the Norwegian Caledonides

Melezhik, V.A., Gorokhov, I.M., Fallick, A.E., Gjelle, S.

'Isotope stratigraphy' has been applied to an undated, high- grade carbonate sequence from the Norwegian Caledonides in order to constrain the depositional age. Sokumfjell Group marbles of the Beiarn...

Chemostratigraphy of Neoproterozoic carbonates: implications for 'blind dating'

Melezhik, V.A., Gorokhov, I.M., Kuznetsov, A.B., Fallick, A.E.

The delta C-13(carb) and Sr-87/Sr-86 secular variations in Neoproteozoic seawater have been used for the purpose of 'isotope stratigraphy' but there are a number of problems that can preclude its...

Subaerial exposure surfaces in a Palaeoproterozoic 13C-rich dolostone sequence from the Pechenga Greenstone Belt: palaeoenvironmental and isotopic implications for the 2330-2060 Ma global isotope excursion of 13C/12C

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Grillo, S.M.

This article reports the discovery of numerous subaerial exposure surfaces which occur in the ca. 2200 Ma Kuetsjdrvi Sedimentary Formation (KSF) from the Pechenga Greenstone Belt, NE Fennoscandian...

2000-Ma sulphide concretions from the 'Productive' Formation of the Pechenga Greenstone Belt, NW Russia: genetic history based on morphological and isotopic evidence

Melezhik, V.A., Grinenko, L.N., Fallick, A.E.

Two hundred and fifty-nine sulphide samples from black shales of the 'Productive' Formation belonging to the Palaeoproterozoic (2000 Ma) Petsamo Supergroup in the Kola region (NW Russia) have been...

Palaeoproterozoic magnesite-stromatolite-dolostone-'red bed' association, Russian Karelia: palaeoenvironmental constraints on the 2.0 Ga-positive carbon isotope shift

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Medvedev, P.V., Makarikhin, V.V.

The ca. 2000 Ma. Tulomozerskaya Formation, Russian Karelia, is composed of an 800 m-thick magnesite-stromatolite-dolostone- 'red bed' succession with the most C-13-rich dolostones (up to +18 parts...

Depositional environment and apparent age of the Fauske carbonate conglomerate, North Norwegian Caledonides

Melezhik, V.A., Heldal, T., Roberts, D., Gorokhov, I.M., Fallick, A.E.

The Fauske conglomerate represents a rather rare case of a monomict carbonate conglomerate in the Late Neoproterozoic to Silurian, lithostratigraphic successionsof the Norwegian Caledonides....

Geochemical preservation potential of high-grade calcite marble versus dolomite marble: implication for isotope chemostratigraphy

Melezhik, V.A., Roberts, D., Fallick, A.E., Gorokhov, I.M., Kusnetzov, A.B.

The Neoproterozoic Hekkelstrand Marble from the North-Central Norwegian Catedonides contains a calcite marble unit hosting a commercially exploited white dolomite marble deposit, which underwent...

Palaeoproterozoic evaporites in Fennoscandia: implications for seawater sulphate, the rise of atmospheric oxygen and local amplification of the delta C-13 excursion

Melezhik, V.A., Fallick, A.E., Rychanchik, D.V., Kuznetsov, A.B.

This paper addresses global oxygenation and establishment of a marine sulphate reservoir in the Palaeoproterozoic. We report syn-depositional, marine, anhydrite-containing pseudomorphs after...