Lu-Hf geochronology on cm-sized garnets using microsampling: New constraints on garnet growth rates and duration of metamorphism during continental collision (Menderes Massif, Turkey)


Schmidt A., Pourteau A., CANDAN O., Oberhaensli R.

EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, vol.432, pp.24-35, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 432
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.09.015
  • Journal Name: EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.24-35
  • Keywords: Lu-Hf geochronology, garnet, Alpine metamorphism, Menderes Massif, HIGH-PRESSURE METAMORPHISM, PAN-AFRICAN BASEMENT, RB-SR GEOCHRONOLOGY, WESTERN TURKEY, SW TURKEY, TECTONOMETAMORPHIC PROCESSES, ANATOLIDE BELT, SM-ND, METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS, TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This study shows Lu-Hf geochronology of zoned garnet crystals contained in mica schists from the southern Menderes Massif, Turkey. Selected samples are four 3-5 cm large garnet megacrysts of which several consecutive garnet shells have been sampled with a micro-saw and analyzed for dating. The results are used to extract growth rates of garnet, and also to improve the time constraint for Alpine-aged overprint of the Pan-African basement in the Menderes Massif.