Geochemistry of the Middle Miocene Collision-Related Yamadaği ( Eastern Anatolia) Calc-Alkaline Volcanics, Turkey

Authors

TANER EKİCİ
MUSA ALPASLAN
OSMAN PARLAK
ALİ UÇURUM

DOI

10.3906/yer-0712-1

Abstract

Major, trace element and K-Ar age determinations are reported for a suite from the Yamadağı volcanics in the Eastern Anatolia. The exposed rocks mainly consist of medium-potassium calc-alkaline basaltic andesites, andesites and dacites. Petrographical data exhibit disequilibrium mineral textures, such as resorption of the ferromagnesian phases, clinopyroxene-mantled orthopyroxene, and sieve-textured plagioclases. The Yamadağı volcanics have a calk-alkaline character, and trace element characteristics exhibit that the volcanics resemble subduction zone volcanics and/or volcanics assimilated by continental crust. K/Ar age determinations show that the Yamadağı volcanics were formed during the 12 ± 0.5 - 15 ± 0.5 Ma time interval. Geochemical characteristics of these volcanics can be attributed to complex petrogenetic processes, including magma mixing and crustal assimilation along with fractional crystallization.

Keywords

calc alkaline, volcanics, collision, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey

First Page

511

Last Page

528

Recommended Citation

EKİCİ, TANER; ALPASLAN, MUSA; PARLAK, OSMAN; and UÇURUM, ALİ (2009) "Geochemistry of the Middle Miocene Collision-Related Yamadaği ( Eastern Anatolia) Calc-Alkaline Volcanics, Turkey," Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences: Vol. 18: No. 4, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.3906/yer-0712-1
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/earth/vol18/iss4/2