Geochemistry and Petrology of the Kösedağ metavolcanic rocks Sakarya Composite Terrane Northern Turkey

2015-08-21
Central Pontides in Northern Turkey is a key area, comprising variably metamorphosed and deformed low-grade metavolcanic rocks. In this study we report the geochemical characteristics of the Kösedağ metavolcanics (KMV), and infer their tectonomagmatic evolution. The KMV include blastomylonitic volcanic rocks covered by the Cretaceous clastics and carbonates. The chemical composition of the KMV ranges from basalt, andesite to dacite. The evolved magma compositions reflect fractionation of plagioclase, Fe-Ti oxides and ferromagnesian minerals. Based on immobile trace element systematics, the KMV are subdivided into two groups as Type-1 and Type-2. Both types are enriched in Th and LREE relative to HFSE and display negative Nb anomalies. Type-1 exhibits depletion in P, whereas Type-2 is characterized by depletion in Zr and Hf. Combined with their subduction-related characteristics, the relatively high Zr/Nb ratios (Type 1: 38.1-52.9, Type-2: 21.8-41.2) of the KMV suggest involvement of a depleted mantle source(s) which has been fluxed by slabderived components. The KMV appear to have been generated from a mantle source(s) in the stability field of spinel, rather than garnet, owing to the low Sm/Yb ratios of the volcanics (0.9-1.2). The KMV rocks exhibit strong correlation with the modern oceanic arcs, such as Greater Antilles and Mariana.
Goldschmidt Conference 2015, 16 - 21 Ağustos 2015

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Citation Formats
F. Berber, M. C. Göncüoğlu, and K. Sayıt, “Geochemistry and Petrology of the Kösedağ metavolcanic rocks Sakarya Composite Terrane Northern Turkey,” presented at the Goldschmidt Conference 2015, 16 - 21 Ağustos 2015, Prague, Czech Republic, 2015, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/70756.