- Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences
- Vol: 21 Issue: 5
- The Early−Middle Palaeozoic Oceanic Events Along the Southern European Margin: The Deli Jovan Ophiol...
The Early−Middle Palaeozoic Oceanic Events Along the Southern European Margin: The Deli Jovan Ophiolite Massif (NE Serbia) and Palaeo-oceanic Zones of the Great Caucasus
Authors : Guram Zakariadze, Stevan Karamata, Sergei Korikovsky, Aleksei Ariskin, Shota Adamia, Tamar Chkhotua, Sergei Sergeev, Natasha Solov’eva
Pages : 635-668
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Publication Date : 9999-12-31
Article Type : Makaleler
Abstract :The paper deals with the Middle Palaeozoic oceanic events on the northern margin of the Eastern Mediterranean Hercynides. The Balkan-Carpathian Ophiolite Belt (BCO) and palaeo-oceanic zones of the Great Caucasus, all framing the East European Platform from the south, are correlated. The BCO palaeo-oceanic complex was widely thought to be a Late Precambrian-earliest Cambrian oceanic thrust sheet (563±5 Ma), a part of the South European Palaeo-oceanic Suture. The geochronological studies carried out on gabbroic series of the Deli Jovan Massif (BCO, NE Serbia), showed, however, that they are of much younger (Early Devonian) age: (a) Sm-Nd mineral isochron age of 406±24 Ma, eNdT= 8.32±0.39; 87Sr/86Srinit= 0.702592±0.000160; and (b) U-Pb SHRIMP zircon age, 405.0±2.6 Ma. All the studied gabbroic rocks represent high-alumina (19-24.5% Al2O3) gabbro-troctolites, originating from shallow level (Keywords : Eastern Mediterranean Hercynides, Palaeozoic oceanic events, northern Balkanides, Great Caucasus, Devonian ophiolite