| Title | Compressional origin of the Naxos metamorphic core complex, Greece: structure, petrography, and thermobarometry |
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| Author | Lamont, T N; Searle, M P; Waters, D J; Roberts, N M; Palin, R M; Smye, A; Dyck, B; Gopon, P; Weller, O M; St-Onge, M R |
| Source | Geological Society of America Bulletin vol. 132, 1-2, 2020 p. 149-197, https://doi.org/10.1130/B31978.1  Open Access |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20200200 |
| Publisher | Geological Soc Amer, Inc |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Area | Greece |
| Lat/Long WENS | 25.3500 25.6000 37.2167 36.9167 |
| Subjects | geochronology; igneous and metamorphic petrology; Nature and Environment; Science and Technology; petrographic analyses; phase equilibria; schists; kyanite; gneisses; sillimanite; partial melting;
crustal thickness; thermobarometry; petrography; Cenozoic |
| Illustrations | schematic models; location maps; 3-D models; photographs; photomicrographs; plots; tables; cross-sections |
| Released | 2019 06 04 |
| Abstract | The island of Naxos, Greece, has been previously considered to represent a Cordilleran-style metamorphic core complex that formed during Cenozoic extension of the Aegean Sea. Although lithospheric
extension has undoubtedly occurred in the region since 10 Ma, the geodynamic history of older, regional-scale, kyanite- and sillimanite-grade metamorphic rocks exposed within the core of the Naxos dome is controversial. Specifically, little is known
about the pre-extensional prograde evolution and the relative timing of peak metamorphism in relation to the onset of extension. In this work, new structural mapping is presented and integrated with petrographic analyses and phase equilibrium
modeling of blueschists, kyanite gneisses, and anatectic sillimanite migmatites. The kyanite-sillimanite-grade rocks within the core complex record a complex history of burial and compression and did not form under crustal extension. Deformation and
metamorphism were diachronous and advanced down the structural section, resulting in the juxtaposition of several distinct tectono-stratigraphic nappes that experienced contrasting metamorphic histories. The Cycladic Blueschists attained similar to
14.5 kbar and 470 degrees C during attempted northeast-directed subduction of the continental margin. These were subsequently thrusted onto the more proximal continental margin, resulting in crustal thickening and regional metamorphism associated
with kyanite-grade conditions of similar to 10 kbar and 600-670 degrees C. With continued shortening, the deepest structural levels underwent kyanite-grade hydrous melting at similar to 8-10 kbar and 680-750 degrees C, followed by isothermal
decompression through the muscovite dehydration melting reaction to sillimanite-grade conditions of similar to 5-6 kbar and 730 degrees C. This decompression process was associated with top-to-the-NNE shearing along passive-roof faults that formed
because of SW-directed extrusion. These shear zones predated crustal extension, because they are folded around the migmatite dome and are crosscut by leucogranites and low-angle normal faults. The migmatite dome formed at lower-pressure conditions
under horizontal constriction that caused vertical boudinage and upright isoclinal folds. The switch from compression to extension occurred immediately following doming and was associated with NNE-SSW horizontal boudinage and top-to-the-NNE
brittle-ductile normal faults that truncate the internal shear zones and earlier collisional features. The Naxos metamorphic core complex is interpreted to have formed via crustal thickening, regional metamorphism, and partial melting in a
compressional setting, here termed the Aegean orogeny, and it was exhumed from the midcrust due to the switch from compression to extension at ca. 15 Ma. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 326612 |
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