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The igneous rocks of Greece : The anatomy of an orogen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Stuttgart : Schweizerbart, 2020Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (591 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783443011499
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The igneous rocks of GreeceDDC classification:
  • 552.109495
LOC classification:
  • QE461 .P475 2002
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Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Igneous rocks within the Hellenide orogen -- 1.2 Organization of the book -- 1.2.1 Introduction -- 1.2.2 Rock and mineral nomenclature -- 1.3 Outline of the geology of Greece -- 1.3.1 Introduction -- 1.3.2 A brief history of geological studies in Greece -- 1.3.3 Terranes of the Hellenides -- 1.3.4 Pre-Mesozoic continental basement -- 1.3.5 Tectono-stratigraphy of the Hellenides -- 1.3.6 Mesozoic rifting and sedimentation -- 1.3.7 The ophiolites -- 1.3.8 Alpine orogenesis -- 1.3.9 Neogene extension and block rotation -- 1.3.10 Cenozoic igneous activity -- 1.4 The present geophysical fields -- 1.5 Plate tectonic evolution of Greece -- 2 Late Paleozoic plutonism and volcanism -- 2.1 Introduction: the Hercynian basement of Greece -- 2.2 Plutons in the Pelagonian zone of Thessaly and western Macedonia: type example -- 2.2.1 Regional structural setting -- 2.2.2 Geology of the Verdikoussa pluton -- 2.2.3 Geology of other plutons of the Pelagonian zone -- 2.3 Probable Hercynian plutonism in northeastern Greece -- 2.3.1 Vardar zone -- 2.3.2 Serbo-Macedonian and Rhodope zones -- 2.3.3 Basement rocks of western Anatolia -- 2.4 Hercynian basement rocks in southern Greece -- 2.4.1 Cyclades islands -- 2.4.2 Crete, Dodecanese and the Peloponnese -- 2.4.3 Attiki, Othris, Evia and Chios -- 2.5 Geology of volcanic rocks of Karakaya suture zone -- 2.5.1 Introduction -- 2.5.2 Geological setting of Chios -- 2.5.3 Geological setting of Lesbos -- 2.5.4 The possible extension of the Karakaya suture to Greece -- 2.6 Petrography and geochemistry -- 2.6.1 Petrography of the granitoid rocks -- 2.6.2 Petrography of the mafic plutonic rocks -- 2.6.3 Geochemistry of the granitoid rocks and associated mafic rocks -- 2.6.4 Geochemistry of the Hercynian amphibolites.
2.6.5 Geochemistry of the Paleozoic volcanic rocks of Chios -- 2.7 Synthesis of the regional setting of Carboniferous plutons -- 3 Triassic rifting and volcanism -- 3.1 General geologic history of the early Mesozoic of Greece -- 3.1.1 Introduction: the creation of Neotethys -- 3.1.2 Plate-tectonic interpretation of Triassic rifting -- 3.1.3 Permian-Triassic rifting in Greece -- 3.2 Othris and north Evia: a type example -- 3.2.1 Introduction -- 3.2.2 Geologic setting of the early to mid-Triassic early-rifting volcanic rocks -- 3.2.3 Geologic setting of the Carnian volcanic rocks of Othris -- 3.2.4 Geologic setting of ?late Triassic - ?Jurassic ocean-floor of Othris and Evia -- 3.2.5 Petrography and geochemistry of the early to mid-Triassic alkaline volcanic rocks -- 3.2.6 Petrography and geochemistry of mid-to late Triassic subalkaline volcanic rocks -- 3.2.7 Petrography and geochemistry of the late Triassic - early Jurassic ocean floor rocks -- 3.2.8 Regional implications of the Othris-Evia transect -- 3.3 Geology of Triassic volcanic rocks of Apulia on the margin of the Pindos ocean -- 3.3.1 Phyllite-Quartzite Unit -- 3.3.2 Western margin of the Pindos zone -- 3.3.3 Pindos zone of Crete and the south Aegean islands -- 3.3.4 Triassic volcanic rocks within melanges -- 3.3.5 Kerassies - Milea ophiolite zone -- 3.3.6 Parnassos zone -- 3.4 ?Triassic meta-igneous rocks of the Cyclades, south Evia and Thessaly -- 3.4.1 Introduction -- 3.4.2 Basal Unit of the Cyclades: volcanic rocks -- 3.4.3 Basal Unit of the Cyclades: granites -- 3.4.4 Intermediate Unit of the Cyclades -- 3.4.5 The Styra-Ochi unit of southern Evia -- 3.4.6 The blueschist units of Thessaly -- 3.5 Geology of Triassic volcanic rocks of Pelagonia -- 3.5.1 The Pelagonian nappes of mainland Greece -- 3.5.2 Upper Unit of the Cyclades and Pelagonian nappes of the eastern Aegean islands.
3.6 Geology of Triassic volcanic rocks of the Vardar and Serbo-Macedonian zones -- 3.6.1 Introduction -- 3.6.2 Circum-Rhodope belt -- 3.6.3 Summary -- 3.7 Petrography and geochemistry -- 3.7.1 Introduction -- 3.7.2 Subalkaline basaltic andesite and related rocks -- 3.7.3 Basalt and andesite of shoshonitic or calc-alkaline affinity -- 3.7.4 Alkaline basalt -- 3.7.5 MORB-related rocks -- 3.7.6 Subalkaline rocks with boninitic affinities -- 3.7.7 Rhyolite -- 3.8 Regional synthesis -- 3.8.1 Stratigraphic and paleogeographic distribution of volcanic rocks -- 3.8.2 The relationship of Triassic volcanism to rifting and mantle plumes -- 3.8.3 The role of subduction and back-arc spreading in the genesis of Triassic volcanic rocks -- 4 Jurassic Pindos ocean basin: ophiolites and melanges -- 4.1 Introduction: the western ophiolite belt of Greece -- 4.2 Type example: the Vourinos and Pindos ophiolites -- 4.2.1 Geology of the Vourinos ophiolite -- 4.2.2 Geology of the Pindos ophiolite -- 4.2.3 Petrography and geochemistry of the Vourinos and Pindos ophiolites -- 4.2.4 The significance of sub-ophiolitic melange -- 4.2.5 Emplacement of the Vourinos and Pindos ophiolites -- 4.3 The western Jurassic ophiolite sequences and related rocks of the Pelagonian zone -- 4.3.1 Introduction -- 4.3.2 Ophiolites of northwestern Thessaly and western Macedonia -- 4.3.3 Ophiolites of Othris -- 4.3.4 Ophiolites of Evia and Pelion -- 4.3.5 Ophiolites of Beotia and Attiki -- 4.3.6 Ophiolites of Argolis -- 4.3.7 Melanges beneath the western ophiolite belt -- 4.3.8 The record of volcanism in the foreland basin created by the obducting ophiolites -- 4.3.9 Evidence for ophiolites in detrital conglomerates of the external Hellenides -- 4.3.10 Tectonic slices in the Pindos basin of the Peloponnese -- 4.3.11 Clay-mineral and manganese evidence for volcanic activity.
4.3.12 Ultramafic and mafic rocks of the lower nappe of the Phyllite-Quartzite unit -- 4.4 Meta-ophiolites in the Intermediate Unit of the Attico-Cycladic complex and possible correlatives in Thessaly -- 4.4.1 Introduction -- 4.4.2 Cyclades -- 4.4.3 Blueschist unit of Thessaly -- 4.5 The "Ophiolite nappe" of Crete, the south Aegean islands, and the upper unit of the Cyclades -- 4.5.1 Introduction -- 4.5.2 Crete and Gavdos -- 4.5.3 Karpathos and Rhodos -- 4.5.4 Ophiolites of the Upper Unit of the Cyclades -- 4.6 Petrography and geochemistry of the western ophiolite belt -- 4.6.1 Volcanic and dyke rocks -- 4.6.2 Plutonic rocks -- 4.6.3 Ultramafic rocks -- 4.6.4 Chromite -- 4.6.5 Hydrothermal mineralization -- 4.7 Synthesis: distribution and origin of Jurassic oceanic igneous rocks -- 4.7.1 Oceanic environments revealed by geochemical studies -- 4.7.2 What oceans did the ophiolites come from? -- 5 Mesozoic ocean crust of northeast Greece -- 5.1 Tectonic and stratigraphic setting of northeast Greece -- 5.2 Mesozoic igneous rocks of the Vardar zone -- 5.2.1 Almopias subzone: geological summary -- 5.2.2 Ophiolites of the eastern Almopias subzone -- 5.2.3 Dismembered ophiolites of the central Almopias subzone -- 5.2.4 Ophiolites of the western Almopias subzone -- 5.2.5 Eastern Thessaly and Pelion -- 5.2.6 Eohellenic unit of the islands of the northwest Aegean Sea -- 5.2.7 Païkon subzone -- 5.2.8 Peonias subzone: overview -- 5.2.9 Guevgueli ophiolites -- 5.2.10 Granites of the Peonias subzone -- 5.2.11 Štip-Axios massif -- 5.2.12 Thessaloniki ophiolites -- 5.2.13 Oreokastro ophiolite -- 5.2.14 Aspro Vrissi Formation -- 5.2.15 Chortiatis magmatic suite of northern Chalkidiki -- 5.2.16 Chortiatis magmatic suite of Sithonia -- 5.2.17 Sithonia ophiolitic rift complex -- 5.2.18 The circum-Rhodope belt in Samothraki.
5.2.19 The circum-Rhodope belt of southeastern Thrace -- 5.2.20 Ophiolites of the northeast Aegean -- 5.3 Mesozoic igneous rocks of the Rhodope and Serbo-Macedonian zones -- 5.3.1 Outline of the geology of the Rhodope and Serbo-Macedonian zones -- 5.3.2 Geology of meta-igneous rocks of the Rhodope zone -- 5.3.3 Geology of meta-ophiolites and amphibolites of the Serbo-Macedonian zone -- 5.3.4 Granites of the Serbo-Macedonian zone -- 5.4 Petrography and geochemistry of Mesozoic igneous rocks of northeastern Greece -- 5.4.1 Ophiolitic rocks of the Almopias subzone -- 5.4.2 Ophiolitic rocks of the eastern Peonias subzone -- 5.4.3 Guevgueli ophiolites -- 5.4.4 Sithonia ophiolites -- 5.4.5 Ophiolitic rocks of Samothraki and Thrace -- 5.4.6 Ophiolitic rocks of the Rhodope and Serbo-Macedonian zones -- 5.4.7 Ophiolitic rocks of Lesbos -- 5.4.8 Subduction-related volcanism of the Païkon subzone -- 5.4.9 Chortiatis suite -- 5.4.10 Jurassic dykes and granites of the Vardar zone -- 5.4.11 Older granites of the Serbo-Macedonian zone -- 5.5 Regional synthesis -- 5.5.1 Regional tectonic framework -- 5.5.2 The ophiolites of the Vardar zone and circum-Rhodope belt -- 5.5.3 Tectonic evolution of the Serbo-Macedonian and Rhodope zones -- 5.5.4 A plate tectonic model -- 6 Cretaceous ophiolites and subduction in central and south Greece -- 6.1 Late Cretaceous ophiolitic rocks -- 6.1.1 Late Cretaceous oceanic crust in central Evia -- 6.1.2 Possible latest Cretaceous oceanic crust in the Sporades, Pelion, Skyros and Macedonia -- 6.1.3 The Ermioni Complex of Argolis -- 6.1.4 Cretaceous oceanic crust in the south Aegean islands -- 6.1.5 Stratigraphic distribution of manganiferous sedimentary rocks in the Pindos basin -- 6.1.6 Petrography and geochemistry of the ophiolitic rocks -- 6.2 Cretaceous subduction/accretion complexes -- 6.2.1 Crete -- 6.2.2 Cyclades.
6.2.3 Possible evidence of Cretaceous subduction in the blueschist belt of Evia and the Cyclades.
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Igneous rocks within the Hellenide orogen -- 1.2 Organization of the book -- 1.2.1 Introduction -- 1.2.2 Rock and mineral nomenclature -- 1.3 Outline of the geology of Greece -- 1.3.1 Introduction -- 1.3.2 A brief history of geological studies in Greece -- 1.3.3 Terranes of the Hellenides -- 1.3.4 Pre-Mesozoic continental basement -- 1.3.5 Tectono-stratigraphy of the Hellenides -- 1.3.6 Mesozoic rifting and sedimentation -- 1.3.7 The ophiolites -- 1.3.8 Alpine orogenesis -- 1.3.9 Neogene extension and block rotation -- 1.3.10 Cenozoic igneous activity -- 1.4 The present geophysical fields -- 1.5 Plate tectonic evolution of Greece -- 2 Late Paleozoic plutonism and volcanism -- 2.1 Introduction: the Hercynian basement of Greece -- 2.2 Plutons in the Pelagonian zone of Thessaly and western Macedonia: type example -- 2.2.1 Regional structural setting -- 2.2.2 Geology of the Verdikoussa pluton -- 2.2.3 Geology of other plutons of the Pelagonian zone -- 2.3 Probable Hercynian plutonism in northeastern Greece -- 2.3.1 Vardar zone -- 2.3.2 Serbo-Macedonian and Rhodope zones -- 2.3.3 Basement rocks of western Anatolia -- 2.4 Hercynian basement rocks in southern Greece -- 2.4.1 Cyclades islands -- 2.4.2 Crete, Dodecanese and the Peloponnese -- 2.4.3 Attiki, Othris, Evia and Chios -- 2.5 Geology of volcanic rocks of Karakaya suture zone -- 2.5.1 Introduction -- 2.5.2 Geological setting of Chios -- 2.5.3 Geological setting of Lesbos -- 2.5.4 The possible extension of the Karakaya suture to Greece -- 2.6 Petrography and geochemistry -- 2.6.1 Petrography of the granitoid rocks -- 2.6.2 Petrography of the mafic plutonic rocks -- 2.6.3 Geochemistry of the granitoid rocks and associated mafic rocks -- 2.6.4 Geochemistry of the Hercynian amphibolites.

2.6.5 Geochemistry of the Paleozoic volcanic rocks of Chios -- 2.7 Synthesis of the regional setting of Carboniferous plutons -- 3 Triassic rifting and volcanism -- 3.1 General geologic history of the early Mesozoic of Greece -- 3.1.1 Introduction: the creation of Neotethys -- 3.1.2 Plate-tectonic interpretation of Triassic rifting -- 3.1.3 Permian-Triassic rifting in Greece -- 3.2 Othris and north Evia: a type example -- 3.2.1 Introduction -- 3.2.2 Geologic setting of the early to mid-Triassic early-rifting volcanic rocks -- 3.2.3 Geologic setting of the Carnian volcanic rocks of Othris -- 3.2.4 Geologic setting of ?late Triassic - ?Jurassic ocean-floor of Othris and Evia -- 3.2.5 Petrography and geochemistry of the early to mid-Triassic alkaline volcanic rocks -- 3.2.6 Petrography and geochemistry of mid-to late Triassic subalkaline volcanic rocks -- 3.2.7 Petrography and geochemistry of the late Triassic - early Jurassic ocean floor rocks -- 3.2.8 Regional implications of the Othris-Evia transect -- 3.3 Geology of Triassic volcanic rocks of Apulia on the margin of the Pindos ocean -- 3.3.1 Phyllite-Quartzite Unit -- 3.3.2 Western margin of the Pindos zone -- 3.3.3 Pindos zone of Crete and the south Aegean islands -- 3.3.4 Triassic volcanic rocks within melanges -- 3.3.5 Kerassies - Milea ophiolite zone -- 3.3.6 Parnassos zone -- 3.4 ?Triassic meta-igneous rocks of the Cyclades, south Evia and Thessaly -- 3.4.1 Introduction -- 3.4.2 Basal Unit of the Cyclades: volcanic rocks -- 3.4.3 Basal Unit of the Cyclades: granites -- 3.4.4 Intermediate Unit of the Cyclades -- 3.4.5 The Styra-Ochi unit of southern Evia -- 3.4.6 The blueschist units of Thessaly -- 3.5 Geology of Triassic volcanic rocks of Pelagonia -- 3.5.1 The Pelagonian nappes of mainland Greece -- 3.5.2 Upper Unit of the Cyclades and Pelagonian nappes of the eastern Aegean islands.

3.6 Geology of Triassic volcanic rocks of the Vardar and Serbo-Macedonian zones -- 3.6.1 Introduction -- 3.6.2 Circum-Rhodope belt -- 3.6.3 Summary -- 3.7 Petrography and geochemistry -- 3.7.1 Introduction -- 3.7.2 Subalkaline basaltic andesite and related rocks -- 3.7.3 Basalt and andesite of shoshonitic or calc-alkaline affinity -- 3.7.4 Alkaline basalt -- 3.7.5 MORB-related rocks -- 3.7.6 Subalkaline rocks with boninitic affinities -- 3.7.7 Rhyolite -- 3.8 Regional synthesis -- 3.8.1 Stratigraphic and paleogeographic distribution of volcanic rocks -- 3.8.2 The relationship of Triassic volcanism to rifting and mantle plumes -- 3.8.3 The role of subduction and back-arc spreading in the genesis of Triassic volcanic rocks -- 4 Jurassic Pindos ocean basin: ophiolites and melanges -- 4.1 Introduction: the western ophiolite belt of Greece -- 4.2 Type example: the Vourinos and Pindos ophiolites -- 4.2.1 Geology of the Vourinos ophiolite -- 4.2.2 Geology of the Pindos ophiolite -- 4.2.3 Petrography and geochemistry of the Vourinos and Pindos ophiolites -- 4.2.4 The significance of sub-ophiolitic melange -- 4.2.5 Emplacement of the Vourinos and Pindos ophiolites -- 4.3 The western Jurassic ophiolite sequences and related rocks of the Pelagonian zone -- 4.3.1 Introduction -- 4.3.2 Ophiolites of northwestern Thessaly and western Macedonia -- 4.3.3 Ophiolites of Othris -- 4.3.4 Ophiolites of Evia and Pelion -- 4.3.5 Ophiolites of Beotia and Attiki -- 4.3.6 Ophiolites of Argolis -- 4.3.7 Melanges beneath the western ophiolite belt -- 4.3.8 The record of volcanism in the foreland basin created by the obducting ophiolites -- 4.3.9 Evidence for ophiolites in detrital conglomerates of the external Hellenides -- 4.3.10 Tectonic slices in the Pindos basin of the Peloponnese -- 4.3.11 Clay-mineral and manganese evidence for volcanic activity.

4.3.12 Ultramafic and mafic rocks of the lower nappe of the Phyllite-Quartzite unit -- 4.4 Meta-ophiolites in the Intermediate Unit of the Attico-Cycladic complex and possible correlatives in Thessaly -- 4.4.1 Introduction -- 4.4.2 Cyclades -- 4.4.3 Blueschist unit of Thessaly -- 4.5 The "Ophiolite nappe" of Crete, the south Aegean islands, and the upper unit of the Cyclades -- 4.5.1 Introduction -- 4.5.2 Crete and Gavdos -- 4.5.3 Karpathos and Rhodos -- 4.5.4 Ophiolites of the Upper Unit of the Cyclades -- 4.6 Petrography and geochemistry of the western ophiolite belt -- 4.6.1 Volcanic and dyke rocks -- 4.6.2 Plutonic rocks -- 4.6.3 Ultramafic rocks -- 4.6.4 Chromite -- 4.6.5 Hydrothermal mineralization -- 4.7 Synthesis: distribution and origin of Jurassic oceanic igneous rocks -- 4.7.1 Oceanic environments revealed by geochemical studies -- 4.7.2 What oceans did the ophiolites come from? -- 5 Mesozoic ocean crust of northeast Greece -- 5.1 Tectonic and stratigraphic setting of northeast Greece -- 5.2 Mesozoic igneous rocks of the Vardar zone -- 5.2.1 Almopias subzone: geological summary -- 5.2.2 Ophiolites of the eastern Almopias subzone -- 5.2.3 Dismembered ophiolites of the central Almopias subzone -- 5.2.4 Ophiolites of the western Almopias subzone -- 5.2.5 Eastern Thessaly and Pelion -- 5.2.6 Eohellenic unit of the islands of the northwest Aegean Sea -- 5.2.7 Païkon subzone -- 5.2.8 Peonias subzone: overview -- 5.2.9 Guevgueli ophiolites -- 5.2.10 Granites of the Peonias subzone -- 5.2.11 Štip-Axios massif -- 5.2.12 Thessaloniki ophiolites -- 5.2.13 Oreokastro ophiolite -- 5.2.14 Aspro Vrissi Formation -- 5.2.15 Chortiatis magmatic suite of northern Chalkidiki -- 5.2.16 Chortiatis magmatic suite of Sithonia -- 5.2.17 Sithonia ophiolitic rift complex -- 5.2.18 The circum-Rhodope belt in Samothraki.

5.2.19 The circum-Rhodope belt of southeastern Thrace -- 5.2.20 Ophiolites of the northeast Aegean -- 5.3 Mesozoic igneous rocks of the Rhodope and Serbo-Macedonian zones -- 5.3.1 Outline of the geology of the Rhodope and Serbo-Macedonian zones -- 5.3.2 Geology of meta-igneous rocks of the Rhodope zone -- 5.3.3 Geology of meta-ophiolites and amphibolites of the Serbo-Macedonian zone -- 5.3.4 Granites of the Serbo-Macedonian zone -- 5.4 Petrography and geochemistry of Mesozoic igneous rocks of northeastern Greece -- 5.4.1 Ophiolitic rocks of the Almopias subzone -- 5.4.2 Ophiolitic rocks of the eastern Peonias subzone -- 5.4.3 Guevgueli ophiolites -- 5.4.4 Sithonia ophiolites -- 5.4.5 Ophiolitic rocks of Samothraki and Thrace -- 5.4.6 Ophiolitic rocks of the Rhodope and Serbo-Macedonian zones -- 5.4.7 Ophiolitic rocks of Lesbos -- 5.4.8 Subduction-related volcanism of the Païkon subzone -- 5.4.9 Chortiatis suite -- 5.4.10 Jurassic dykes and granites of the Vardar zone -- 5.4.11 Older granites of the Serbo-Macedonian zone -- 5.5 Regional synthesis -- 5.5.1 Regional tectonic framework -- 5.5.2 The ophiolites of the Vardar zone and circum-Rhodope belt -- 5.5.3 Tectonic evolution of the Serbo-Macedonian and Rhodope zones -- 5.5.4 A plate tectonic model -- 6 Cretaceous ophiolites and subduction in central and south Greece -- 6.1 Late Cretaceous ophiolitic rocks -- 6.1.1 Late Cretaceous oceanic crust in central Evia -- 6.1.2 Possible latest Cretaceous oceanic crust in the Sporades, Pelion, Skyros and Macedonia -- 6.1.3 The Ermioni Complex of Argolis -- 6.1.4 Cretaceous oceanic crust in the south Aegean islands -- 6.1.5 Stratigraphic distribution of manganiferous sedimentary rocks in the Pindos basin -- 6.1.6 Petrography and geochemistry of the ophiolitic rocks -- 6.2 Cretaceous subduction/accretion complexes -- 6.2.1 Crete -- 6.2.2 Cyclades.

6.2.3 Possible evidence of Cretaceous subduction in the blueschist belt of Evia and the Cyclades.

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