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Gabbro, plagiogranite and associated dykes in the supra-subduction zone Evros Ophiolites, NE Greece

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2008

NIKOLAY BONEV  and
GÉRARD STAMPFLI
NIKOLAY BONEV*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Paleontology, Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’, BG-1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
GÉRARD STAMPFLI
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology and Paleontology, University of Lausanne, Anthropole, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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*Author for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

The incomplete Evros ophiolites in NE Greece form a NE–SW-oriented discontinuous belt in the Alpine orogen of the north Aegean. Field data, petrology and geochemistry are presented here for the intrusive section and associated mafic dykes of these ophiolites. Bodies of high-level isotropic gabbro and plagiogranite in the ophiolite suite are cross-cut by NE–SW-trending boninitic and tholeiitic–boninitic affinity dykes, respectively. The dykes fill tensile fractures or faults, which implies dyke emplacement in an extensional tectonic regime. The tholeiitic–transitional boninitic gabbro is REE- and HFS-depleted relative to N-MORB, indicating derivation from melting of a refractory mantle peridotite source. Associated boninitic dykes are slightly LREE-enriched, showing mineral and whole-rock geochemistry similar to the gabbro. The plagiogranite is a strongly REE-enriched high-silica trondhjemite, with textures and composition typical for an oceanic crust differentiate. Plagiogranite-hosted tholeiitic and transitional boninitic dykes are variably REE-enriched. Geochemical modelling indicates origin of the plagiogranite by up to 75 % fractional crystallization of basaltic magma similar to that producing the associated tholeiitic dykes. All mafic rocks have high LILE/HFSE ratios and negative Ta–Nb–Ti and Ce anomalies, typical for subduction zone-related settings. The mafic rocks show a similar trace-element character to the mafic lavas of an extrusive section in Bulgaria, suggesting they both form genetically related intrusive and extrusive suites of the Evros ophiolites. The field occurrence, the structural context, the petrology and geochemical signature of the studied magmatic assemblage provide evidence for its origin in a proto-arc (fore-arc) tectonic setting, thus tracing the early stages of the tectono-magmatic evolution of Jurassic arc-marginal basin system that has generated the supra-subduction type Evros ophiolites.

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isotropic gabbroplagiogranitetholeiitic–boninitic dykesEvros ophiolitesGreece
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Geological Magazine , Volume 146 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 72 - 91
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