Petrography, mineral chemistry and whole-rock geochemical properties of orthopyroxenites in the mantle section of the Kırdağ ophiolite (Erzurum, NE Turkey)

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Petrography, mineral chemistry and whole-rock geochemical properties of orthopyroxenites in the mantle section of the Kırdağ ophiolite (Erzurum, NE Turkey)

Yazarlar:

Özgür Bilici

Yayıncı:

Gumushane University

Ana Başlıklar:

Mineraloji-Petrografi

Dergi:

Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.15 Issue 1, pp.140-160

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001342344

pISSN:

2146-538X

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Özet:

 In this study, the formation conditions and petrogenetic characteristics of orthopyroxenites in the mantle section of the Kırdağ ophiolite Erzurum, NE Turkey, which outcrops within the Erzurum-Kars Ophiolite Zone in the Eastern Pontides, have been evaluated for the first time using mineral chemistry and whole-rock geochemical data. The main mineralogical composition of the samples taken from the orthopyroxenites consists predominantly of orthopyroxenes, with lesser amounts of clinopyroxenes and subhedral to euhedral chromian spinels. The mineral compositions, characterized by partially high Cr and low TiO2 contents in chromian spinels, and high Mg and low Al2O3 contents in pyroxenes, indicate that the formation conditions involve the re-melting of a depleted mantle source. Additionally, high whole-rock Mg values, concave-shaped rare earth element REE patterns, and enrichment in large-ion lithophile elements LILE explain metasomatic events during melt-peridotite interaction processes in the subduction zone. As a result, it is understood that the petrographic and petrological characteristics of the studied orthopyroxenites indicate that they formed through the transformation of olivines into orthopyroxenes via the reaction of the parent peridotite with high-silica melts in a subduction zone.

 In this study, the formation conditions and petrogenetic characteristics of orthopyroxenites in the mantle section of the Kırdağ ophiolite Erzurum, NE Turkey, which outcrops within the Erzurum-Kars Ophiolite Zone in the Eastern Pontides, have been evaluated for the first time using mineral chemistry and whole-rock geochemical data. The main mineralogical composition of the samples taken from the orthopyroxenites consists predominantly of orthopyroxenes, with lesser amounts of clinopyroxenes and subhedral to euhedral chromian spinels. The mineral compositions, characterized by partially high Cr and low TiO2 contents in chromian spinels, and high Mg and low Al2O3 contents in pyroxenes, indicate that the formation conditions involve the re-melting of a depleted mantle source. Additionally, high whole-rock Mg values, concave-shaped rare earth element REE patterns, and enrichment in large-ion lithophile elements LILE explain metasomatic events during melt-peridotite interaction processes in the subduction zone. As a result, it is understood that the petrographic and petrological characteristics of the studied orthopyroxenites indicate that they formed through the transformation of olivines into orthopyroxenes via the reaction of the parent peridotite with high-silica melts in a subduction zone.

 In this study, the formation conditions and petrogenetic characteristics of orthopyroxenites in the mantle section of the Kırdağ ophiolite Erzurum, NE Turkey, which outcrops within the Erzurum-Kars Ophiolite Zone in the Eastern Pontides, have been evaluated for the first time using mineral chemistry and whole-rock geochemical data. The main mineralogical composition of the samples taken from the orthopyroxenites consists predominantly of orthopyroxenes, with lesser amounts of clinopyroxenes and subhedral to euhedral chromian spinels. The mineral compositions, characterized by partially high Cr and low TiO2 contents in chromian spinels, and high Mg and low Al2O3 contents in pyroxenes, indicate that the formation conditions involve the re-melting of a depleted mantle source. Additionally, high whole-rock Mg values, concave-shaped rare earth element REE patterns, and enrichment in large-ion lithophile elements LILE explain metasomatic events during melt-peridotite interaction processes in the subduction zone. As a result, it is understood that the petrographic and petrological characteristics of the studied orthopyroxenites indicate that they formed through the transformation of olivines into orthopyroxenes via the reaction of the parent peridotite with high-silica melts in a subduction zone.

 Bu çalışmada, Doğu Pontidlerin doğusunda, Erzurum-Kars Ofiyolit Zonu içerisinde yüzeyleyen Kırdağ ofiyolitinin Erzurum, KD Türkiye manto bölümündeki ortopiroksenitlerin oluşum koşulları ve petrojenetik özellikleri, mineral kimyası ve tüm kaya jeokimyasal verileri kullanılarak ilk kez değerlendirilmiştir. Ortopiroksenitlerden alınan örneklerde ana mineralojik bileşimi çoğunlukla ortopiroksenler, daha az oranda klinopiroksenlerle öz ve yarı özşekilli krom spineller oluşturmaktadır. Mineral bileşimlerinde krom spinellerin kısmen yüksek Cr, düşük TiO2 içerikleri ve piroksenlerin yüksek Mg ve düşük Al2O3 içerikleri oluşum koşullarının tüketilmiş manto kaynağının yeniden ergimesini işaret etmektedir. Ayrıca, yüksek tüm kaya Mg değerleri ile konkav şekilli nadir toprak element NTE desenleri ve büyük iyon yarıçaplı litofil elementler BİLE bakımından zenginleşmiş özellikleri, yitim zonundaki ergiyik-peridotit etkileşim süreçlerindeki metasomatik olayları açıklamaktadır. Sonuç itibariyle, incelenen ortopiroksenitlerin petrografik ve petrolojik özellikleri bir yitim ortamında ana peridotitin yüksek silisli ergiyiklerle reaksiyonu sonucu olivinlerin ortopiroksenlere dönüşümü yoluyla oluştuğu anlaşılmaktadır.

Makale detayları

Petrography, mineral chemistry and whole-rock geochemical properties of orthopyroxenites in the mantle section of the Kırdağ ophiolite (Erzurum, NE Turkey)

Yazarlar:

Özgür Bilici

Yayıncı:

Gumushane University

Ana Başlıklar:

Mineraloji-Petrografi

Dergi:

Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.15 Issue 1, pp.140-160

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001342344

pISSN:

2146-538X

Kırdağ ophiolite

Mineral chemistry

Orthopyroxenite

Petrology

Erzurum

TurkeyKırdağ ofiyoliti

Mineral Kimyası

Ortopiroksenit

Petroloji

Erzurum

Türkiye

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Özgür Bilici

Yayıncı: Gumushane University

Ana Başlıklar: Mineraloji-Petrografi

Dergi: Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.15 Issue 1, pp.140-160

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 3/2025

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001342344

pISSN: 2146-538X

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Özgür Bilici

Yayıncı:

Gumushane University

Ana Başlıklar:

Mineraloji-Petrografi

Dergi:

Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.15 Issue 1, pp.140-160

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001342344

pISSN:

2146-538X