Blueschist relics in the Mesozoic cover series of the Menderes Massif and correlations with Samos Island, Cyclades

CANDAN O., Dora O., Oberhansli R., Oelsner F., Durr S.

SCHWEIZERISCHE MINERALOGISCHE UND PETROGRAPHISCHE MITTEILUNGEN, vol.77, no.1, pp.95-99, 1997 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • 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, GREECE, EQUILIBRIUM, EVOLUTION, ISOTOPE, SIFNOS, ROCKS
  • 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.