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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
Volume 102, Issue 8, Pages 2175-2198Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-013-0918-0
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Geochronology; Paleo-Tethys; Karakaya Complex; Laurasia; Zircon; Baddeleyite
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- National Science Foundation [0937254]
- Jackson School of Geosciences
- National Science Foundation's Instrumentation and Facilities Program
- Office Of The Director
- Office Of Internatl Science &Engineering [0937254] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Located in the eastern Pontides of the Sakarya Zone in north-central Turkey, the Tokat Massif records the closure of both the Paleo-Tethyan (Karakaya Complex) and Neo-Tethyan ocean basins. Meta-igneous samples collected from the region were studied to determine their sources and ages. We find significant geochemical differences between metagabbros of the Karakaya and Neo-Tethyan units in terms of their trace elements: Neo-Tethyan rocks are consistent with generation in an island arc setting, whereas Karakaya assemblages were likely generated in an oceanic spreading-center environment. Karakaya metagabbros also contain glaucophane, consistent with subduction subsequent to formation. Small (2-50 mu m) zircon and baddeleyite grains from four Karakaya metagabbros were dated in thin section using an ion microprobe. The results demonstrate the reliability of the method to directly constrain the tectonomagmatic history of these types of assemblages. The rocks yield Late Permian/Early Triassic U-238/Pb-206 crystallization ages of 258 +/- A 14 Ma (+/- 1 sigma, zircon) and 254 +/- A 8 Ma (+/- 1 sigma, baddeleyite) and an Early Cretaceous minimum metamorphic age of 137 +/- A 8 Ma (+/- 1 sigma, zircon). Some zircon grains and baddeleyite grains with zircon overgrowths yield Early to Middle Jurassic ages. Here we present a model in which metamorphism and deformation in this region occurred during northward subduction and closure of a Paleo-Tethyan ocean basin and accretion of the Karakaya units to the Laurasian continental margin. This was followed by the onset of closure of the Neo-Tethys during the Campanian-Paleocene and accretion of island arc units to the Tokat region.
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