Adakite-like granitoid porphyries in the Eastern Pontides, NE Turkey: Potential parental melts and geodynamic implications

O. Karsli, M. Ketenci, I. Uysal, A. Dokuz, F. Aydin, B. Chen, R. Kandemir, J.R. Wijbrans

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    Abstract

    The tectonic setting of the Eastern Pontides during the late Mesozoic to early Cenozoic remains a subject of debate. Petrogenesis of adakite-like granitoid porphyries plays a critical role in determining the nature of the lower continental crust and mantle dynamics during orogenic processes in the region. Here we describe, for the first time, the late Paleocene to early Eocene adakite-like granitoid porphyries from the northern part of the Eastern Pontides although their counterparts in the southern part have recently been found. The adakitic porphyries, which emplaced into the subduction-related Turonian-Santonian volcanics from northern part of the region, consist of I-type calc-alkaline quartz monzonite-tonalite (SiO
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number1-2
    Pages (from-to)354-372
    JournalLithos
    Issue number127
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011

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