Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of the Late Cretaceous Buyukduz Gabbro (Trabzon, NE Turkey)

Keywords: Buyukduz Gabbro, Eastern Pontides (NE Turkey), Late Cretaceous, Geochemistry, Petrogenesis

Abstract

Late Cretaceous I-type plutons are widespread in the Eastern Pontides orogenic belt (EPOB), NE Turkey. Although the majority of the plutons in the EPOB are diorite to granite in composition, very few contains gabbro composition. In this study, we report petrographic and whole-rock geochemical compositions of the Buyukduz Gabbro. The rocks of the Büyükdüz Gabbro has a uniform composition and is gabbro in composition. The rocks mainly consist of plagioclase, pyroxene, hornblende and Fe-Ti oxide minerals. They are I-type, low to medium-K calc-alkaline, and metaluminous characters, and have low SiO2 content (51-53 wt.%) and moderate Mg number (Mg# = 54-59). Decreasing CaO, MgO, Fe2O3, TiO2, P2O5, Ni, Y and Sr with increasing SiO2 contents are consistent with fractional crystallization of plagioclase, clinopyroxene and hornblende. The studied rocks are enriched in large-ion lithophile elements (LILEs) and light rare-earth elements (LREEs). Chondrite normalized REE patterns of the samples are concave shaped (LaN/YbN = 3.8-8.8) and display negative Eu (EuN/Eu* = 0.77-0.84) anomalies. All these data with regional geology indicates that the parental magma of the studied rocks derived from an enriched lithospheric mantle source in an arc setting.

Author Biography

Abdullah Kaygusuz, Gumushane University

Geological Engineering

Gumushane, Turkey

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2023-12-31
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Kaygusuz, A. (2023). Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of the Late Cretaceous Buyukduz Gabbro (Trabzon, NE Turkey). Journal of Engineering Research and Applied Science, 12(2), 2382-2394. Retrieved from http://www.journaleras.com/index.php/jeras/article/view/324
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