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Pan-African magmatism in the Menderes Massif: geochronological data from leucocratic tourmaline orthogneisses in western Turkey

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The Menderes Massif, exposed in western Anatolia, is a metamorphic complex cropping out in the Alpine orogenic belt. The metamorphic rock succession of the Massif is made up of a Precambrian basement and overlying Paleozoic-early Tertiary cover series. The Pan-African basement is composed of late Proterozoic metasedimentary rocks consisting of partially migmatized paragneisses and conformably overlying medium- to high-grade mica schists, intruded by orthogneisses and metagabbros. Along the southern flank of the southern submassif, we recognized well-preserved primary contact relationship between biotite and leucocratic tourmaline orthogneisses and country rocks as the orthogneisses represent numerous large plutons, stocks and vein rocks intruded into a basement of garnet mica schists. Based on the radiometric data, the primary deposition age of the precursors of the country rocks, garnet mica schist, can be constrained between 600 and 550 Ma (latest Neoproterozoic). The North Africa–Arabian-Nubian Shield in the Mozambique Belt can be suggested as the possible provenance of these metaclastics. The intrusion ages of the leucocratic tourmaline orthogneisses and biotite orthogneisses were dated at 550–540 Ma (latest Neoproterozoic–earliest Cambrian) by zircon U/Pb and Pb/Pb geochronology. These granitoids represent the products of the widespread Pan-African acidic magmatic activity, which can be attributed to the closure of the Mozambique Ocean during the final collision of East and West Gondwana. Detrital zircon ages at about 550 Ma in the Paleozoic muscovite-quartz schists show that these Pan-African granitoids in the basement form the source rocks of the cover series of the Menderes Massif.

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This study was financially supported by The Scientific and Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK; grant no. YDABÇAG – 101 Y 132) as well as the Volkswagen-stiftung/Germany. The support of these granting agencies is warmly acknowledged. We wish to thank Wolfgang Siebel, Qiuli Li and Zhenhui Hou for assistance with the Pb–Pb evaporation and LA-ICP-MS datings. We thank Gültekin Topuz and an anonymous reviewer for constructive comments and suggestions. Thanks are also due to Aral Okay and Martin Timmermann for their invaluable criticism on the text.

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  1. Department of Geology, Engineering Faculty, Dokuz Eylül University, Tınaztepe Campus, 35160, Buca, İzmir, Turkey

    O. E. Koralay, O. Candan, C. Akal & O. Ö. Dora

  2. School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui Province, China

    F. Chen

  3. Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Potsdam, Karl Liebknecht Strasse 24, 14476, Potsdam, Germany

    R. Oberhänsli

  4. Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Wilhelmstraße 56, 72074, Tübingen, Germany

    M. Satır

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Koralay, O.E., Candan, O., Chen, F. et al. Pan-African magmatism in the Menderes Massif: geochronological data from leucocratic tourmaline orthogneisses in western Turkey. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 101, 2055–2081 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-012-0775-2

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