Abstract
This study presented whole-rock elemental and Sr-Nd isotope geochemistry data with the purpose to decipher the origin and evolution of the Miocene Elmadağ Volcanic Complex, Central Anatolia (Ankara, Turkey). Volcanic products spanned in composition from mildly alkaline basaltic (47–52 wt% SiO2) and medium- to high-K calc-alkaline intermediate (54–62 wt% SiO2; andesite to trachyandesite) to felsic (64–74 wt% SiO2; dacite to rhyolite) units. Despite a homogeneous major element composition, basaltic rocks were characterized by two distinct trace element and isotopic signatures, which have been correlated with different mantle sources. The first group of basaltic rocks was similar to those of oceanic island basalts (OIB) and was derived from asthenospheric mantle source. The second group had geochemical characteristics of orogenic basalts derived from subduction-modified lithospheric mantle source and represented parental magma of the intermediate to felsic rocks. By coupling geochemical and textural analyses of the rocks from the Elmadağ Volcanic Complex, I suggest that crystallization of olivine + clinopyroxene + apatite played an important role in the evolution of basaltic rocks, while plagioclase + amphibole + apatite + Fe-Ti oxides ± zircon crystallization was major process involved in the evolution of intermediate to felsic rocks. The EVC basaltic rocks were associated with the post-collisional extensional tectonic regime in the Central Anatolia, but the coexistence of the OIB-like volcanism implies variations in the extension dynamics during Miocene.
Highlights
Introduction“İzmir-Ankara-Erzincan”, “Inner Tauride”, “Antalya”, and “Bitlis” Suture Zones) during the closure of the various branches of the Neotethys Ocean [1,2,3,4,5,6,7] (Figure 1)
As a part of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt, the Anatolia represents the amalgamation of four main tectonic units that were accreted along major suture zones (e.g., “Intra-Pontide”,“İzmir-Ankara-Erzincan”, “Inner Tauride”, “Antalya”, and “Bitlis” Suture Zones) during the closure of the various branches of the Neotethys Ocean [1,2,3,4,5,6,7] (Figure 1)
The most important results of this study based on the whole-rock elemental and Sr-Nd isotope geochemistry data from the Miocene Elmadağ Volcanic Complex (EVC) represented by mildly alkaline basaltic, and medium- to high-K calc-alkaline intermediate to felsic rock units can be summarized as follows: (a)
Summary
“İzmir-Ankara-Erzincan”, “Inner Tauride”, “Antalya”, and “Bitlis” Suture Zones) during the closure of the various branches of the Neotethys Ocean [1,2,3,4,5,6,7] (Figure 1). Three of these tectonic units are called “the Pontides”, “the Kırşehir Massif”, and “the Arabian Platform”, but the fourth one was differently named by researchers as “the Anatolide-Tauride Block” or “the Menderes-Taurus Block”.
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