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Eclogites associated with high-grade blueschists in the Cyclades archipelago, Greece; a review

M. Okrusch and M. Broecker
Eclogites associated with high-grade blueschists in the Cyclades archipelago, Greece; a review
European Journal of Mineralogy (August 1990) 2 (4): 451-478

Abstract

The lowermost group of units of the Attic-Cycladic crystalline complex is formed by a stacked sequence of thrust sheets composed of a Permo-Mesozoic sequence of marbles, metapelites, acid and basic metavolcanites underlain by remnants of a pre-Alpidic crystalline basement. The complex underwent a high-pressure metamorphism in Eocene times and was affected by a Oligo-/Miocene medium-pressure overprint under greenschist to amphibolite fades conditions. The high-pressure assemblages, best preserved on the islands of Sifnos and Syros conform to the transition from the epidote-blueschist to the eclogite facies with temperatures of about 450-500 degrees C and pressures in the range between 12 and 20 kbar. The high-pressure event is inferred to be related to the northward directed subduction of the Apulian microplate beneath the Eurasian continent.


ISSN: 0935-1221
Serial Title: European Journal of Mineralogy
Serial Volume: 2
Serial Issue: 4
Title: Eclogites associated with high-grade blueschists in the Cyclades archipelago, Greece; a review
Affiliation: Univ. Wuerzburg, Mineral. Inst., D-8700 Wurzburg, Federal Republic of Germany
Pages: 451-478
Published: 199008
Text Language: English
Publisher: Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Naegele u. Obermiller), Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Germany
References: 123
Accession Number: 1993-015461
Categories: Igneous and metamorphic petrology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. sects., geol. sketch maps
Country of Publication: Germany
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from Geoline, Bundesanstalt fur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Hanover, Germany
Update Code: 1993
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