Abstract
The manuscript “Geochemistry, petrogenesis and tectonic setting of the Samothraki mafic suite, NE Greece: Trace-element, isotopic and zircon age constraints” presented by Koglin et al. (2009a) tries to re-interpret the Samothraki ophiolite as a non ophiolitic mafic suite, which has been generated in a propagated fore-arc rift setting. However, incomplete sampling by the authors and overinterpretation of the few data are suspicious. The geochemical and petrological similarity of the Samothraki mafic sequence with other well-known ophiolites is not acknowledged and the proposed geotectonic regime is unrealistic.
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