Metamorphic evolution and geochemistry of kyanite eclogites in central Rhodope, northern Greece

Liati, A; Seidel, E

dc.contributor.author	Liati, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Seidel, E	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:12:04Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:12:04Z
dc.date.issued	1996	en
dc.identifier.issn	00107999	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/11939
dc.subject	Granulite Facies	en
dc.subject	High Pressure	en
dc.subject	High Temperature	en
dc.subject.other	eclogite	en
dc.subject.other	exhumation	en
dc.subject.other	geochemistry	en
dc.subject.other	kyanite	en
dc.subject.other	metamorphism	en
dc.subject.other	Greece, Rhodope	en
dc.title	Metamorphic evolution and geochemistry of kyanite eclogites in central Rhodope, northern Greece	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1007/s004100050157	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004100050157	en
heal.publicationDate	1996	en
heal.abstract	In central Rhodope of northern Greece, kyanite eclogites were discovered in the area of Thermes. They are strongly overprinted and exhibit a multi-stage development of minerals and mineral assemblages formed during successive stages of the exhumation. The initial high-pressure assemblage was garnet + omphacite+kyanite + zoisite + phengite + rutile + quartz. Corundum, Fe-Mg-spinel, sapphirine and högbomite occur as products of a first, high-temperature overprint, still at high pressures, whereas various symplectites [corundum-plagioclase (pi), spinel-pl, sapphirine-pl. clinopyroxene-pl. biotite-pl, amphibole-pl] grew during subsequent stages of the exhumation. Diablastic amphibole+plagioclase formed as end-products of the amphibolitization. According to geochemical data, the protoliths of the kyanite eclogites were basalts to basaltic andesites with ""volcanic arc"" affinities. For the high-pressure stage of metamorphism, minimum PT conditions were around 19 kbar, 700°C, while for the initial stages of the overprint, high-pressure granulite-facies conditions prevailed (T>800°C, at P>15 kbar). The PT conditions of the amphibolite facies were 8-11 kbar, 580-690°C. The kyanite eclogites of Thermes record the highest temperatures of metamorphism within the whole of Rhodope.	en
heal.journalName	Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s004100050157	en
dc.identifier.volume	123	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	293	en
dc.identifier.epage	307	en