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An integrated zircon geochronological and geochemical investigation into the Miocene plutonic evolution of the Cyclades, Aegean Sea, Greece: part 2—geochemistry

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Zircons from 14 compositionally variable granitic rocks were examined in detail using CL image-guided micro-analysis to unravel the complex magmatic history above the southward retreating Hellenic subduction zone system in the Aegean Sea. Previously published U–Pb ages document an episodic crystallisation history from 17 to 11 Ma, with peraluminous (S-type) granitic rocks systematically older than closely associated metaluminous (I-type) granitic rocks. Zircon O- and Hf isotopic data, combined with trace element compositions, are highly variable within and between individual samples, indicative of open-system behaviour involving mantle-derived melts and evolved supracrustal sources. Pronounced compositional and thermal fluctuations highlight the role of magma mixing and mingling, in accord with field observations, and incremental emplacement of distinct melt batches coupled with variable degrees of crustal assimilation. In the course of partial fusion, more fertile supracrustal sources dominated in the earlier stages of Aegean Miocene magmatism, consistent with systematically older crystallisation ages of peraluminous granitic rocks. Differences between zircon saturation and crystallisation temperatures (deduced from zircon Ti concentrations), along with multimodal crystallisation age spectra for individual plutons, highlight the complex and highly variable physico-compositional and thermal evolution of silicic magma systems. The transfer of heat and juvenile melts from the mantle varied probably in response to episodic rollback of the subducting lithospheric slab, as suggested by punctuated crystallisation age spectra within and among individual granitic plutons.

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Acknowledgments

RB acknowledges financial support through a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Canterbury (2005–2006). UR acknowledges funding through grant E5345 of the Brian Mason technical trust. TK acknowledges Australian Research Council grants DP0773029 and FT100100059. The NordSIMS facility is operated under an agreement between the joint Nordic research councils (NOS-N), the Geological Survey of Finland and the Swedish Museum of Natural History; this is Nordsim publication # 319. Two anonymous reviewers provided constructive criticism. Chris Ballhaus is thanked for his editorial input.

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    Present address: Radiogenic Isotope Facility, Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia

  2. Uwe Ring

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  1. Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

    Martin J. Whitehouse

  2. Centre for Exploration Targeting, School of Earth and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia

    Anthony I. S. Kemp

  3. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Laboratory for Isotope Geology, Box 50007, 104 05, Stockholm, Sweden

    Martin J. Whitehouse

  4. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand

    Robert Bolhar, Uwe Ring, Steve D. Weaver & Rose Turnbull

  5. School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia

    Jon D. Woodhead

  6. Queensland Geothermal Energy Centre of Excellence, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia

    I. Tonguc Uysal

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Bolhar, R., Ring, U., Kemp, A.I.S. et al. An integrated zircon geochronological and geochemical investigation into the Miocene plutonic evolution of the Cyclades, Aegean Sea, Greece: part 2—geochemistry. Contrib Mineral Petrol 164, 915–933 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-012-0759-z

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