Original paper
Geochemical and petrogenetic features of plagiogranite dykes in the Koziakas ophiolitic mélange (W. Thessaly, Greece)
Pomonis, Panagiotis; Rigopoulos, Ioannis; Tsikouras, Basilios; Karipi, Sofia; Hatzipanagiotou, Konstantin
Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen Band 189 Heft 2 (2012), p. 125 - 137
published: Apr 1, 2012
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2012/0214
ArtNo. ESP154018902002, Price: 29.00 €
Abstract
Plagiogranite and dolerite dykes with boninitic affinities intrude thrust-bounded blocks of serpentinized harzburgite at the eastern part of the Koziakas ophiolitic mélange. Geochemically they are characterized as oceanic plagiogranites with trondhjemitic composition and metaluminous affinities. Low ΣREE and trace element contents indicate derivation from a depleted mantle source. Geochemical modelling shows that the Koziakas plagiogranites could have originated by 5-20 % partial melting of a gabbro precursor. Locally, an early-stage high-T hydrothermal alteration event seems to have caused the anorthitization of magmatic plagioclase. This hydrothermal event was overprinted by a low-T retrograde alteration. The overall field data and geochemical affinities suggest a supra-subduction zone origin for the studied plagiogranite dykes, which is compatible with the geotectonic environment of the Koziakas ophiolite.
Keywords
plagiogranite • ophiolite • koziakas • harzburgite • dolerite • gabbro • partial melting