Blueschist relics in the Mesozoic cover series of the Menderes Massif and correlations with Samos Island, Cyclades
SCHWEIZERISCHE MINERALOGISCHE UND PETROGRAPHISCHE MITTEILUNGEN, vol.77, no.1, pp.95-99, 1997 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 77 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 1997
- Journal Name: SCHWEIZERISCHE MINERALOGISCHE UND PETROGRAPHISCHE MITTEILUNGEN
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.95-99
- Keywords: blueschist, eclogite, Menderes Massif, Samos Island, Cycladic Crystalline Complex
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No
Abstract
In the western part of the Menderes Massif, Selcuk-Dilek Peninsula, relies of Tertiary HP metamorphism under epidote-blueschist facies conditions were recognized in the Mesozoic cover series. This subduction-related high-pressure metamorphism, with temperature of less than 470 degrees C and minimum pressure of about 10 kbar, was subsequently followed by a Barrovian-type overprint under greenschist facies conditions during Late Eocene/Early Oligocene. Based on the lithostratigraphy and the two-fold Tertiary metamorphism, the Mesozoic cover series in this area can be correlated with the Vourliutes unit on Samos Island, belonging to the Cycladic Crystalline Complex.