Petrology of the paleozoic plutons in Eastern pontides: artabel pluton (Gumushane, NE Turkey)

  • Alaaddin Vural Gumushane University
  • Abdullah Kaygusuz Gumushane University
Keywords: paleozoic, artabel pluton, geochemistry, petrology, Gümüşhane, Eastern Pontides

Abstract

There are many Paleozoic to Tertiary plutons in Eastern Pontides with different compositions, sizes and age intervals. Of these plutons, especially the Paleozoic aged plutons are frequently observed in the southern part of Eastern Pontides, whereas they are rarely located in the northern part. In this study, the petrographic and geochemical characteristics of the Paleozoic Artabel Pluton are presented in order to explain the origin and evolutionary processes of the rocks. Artabel Pluton is granite in composition with primary minerals including plagioclase, quartz, orthoclase, biotite, muscovite and Fe-Ti oxide. The rocks of the pluton have medium to high-K calc-alkaline characters with I-type features. They are enriched by light rare earth elements (LREE) and large ion lithophile elements (LILE) with pronounced depleted by high field strength elements (HFSE). The La(n)/Lu(n) ratios of the rocks vary between 4.9 and 8.9, and they display negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu*=0.3-0.6). Major and trace element variations indicate that plagioclase and Fe-Ti oxide fractionation is effective in the development of the rocks. Crystallization temperatures calculated according to apatite-zirconium geothermometer range between 690 and 897 °C. All these characteristics, high SiO2, moderate (Al2O3) / (FeO+MgO+TiO2), (Na2O+K2O) / (FeOT+MgO+TiO2) and low (CaO) / (FeOT+MgO+TiO2) content indicate that the rocks of the Artabel Pluton may have been formed by the partial melting of meta-magmatic source rocks.

Author Biographies

Alaaddin Vural, Gumushane University

Department of Geological Engineering

Gumushane, Turkey

Abdullah Kaygusuz, Gumushane University

Department of Geological Engineering

Gumushane, Turkey

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Vural, A., & Kaygusuz, A. (2019). Petrology of the paleozoic plutons in Eastern pontides: artabel pluton (Gumushane, NE Turkey). Journal of Engineering Research and Applied Science, 8(2), 1216-1228. Retrieved from http://www.journaleras.com/index.php/jeras/article/view/177
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