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Petrogenetic evolution of the Koziakas ophiolite complex (W. Thessaly, Greece)

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The Koziakas ophiolitic complex is situated in W. Thessaly and is interpreted as an incomplete ophiolite sequence, thrust over the Western Thessaly Unit (W.T.U.). Two tectonically distinct units represent it: (1) the lower unit with a metamorphic sole and a tectonosedimentary mélange and (2) the upper unit including mantle peridotites and basaltic lavas. The mantle peridotites are composed by harzburgite, lherzolite and plagioclase lherzolite intruded by a sparse network of gabbroic, plagiogranitic and doleritic dykes. The volcanic sequence of the upper unit can be geochemically subdivided into four groups of basalts with: (1) tholeiitic N-type MORB affinities, (2) low-Ti boninitic affinities, (3) subalkalic E-MORB type affinities and (4) alkali characteristics displaying a different petrogenetic evolution with respect to the other groups. The magmatic history of the Koziakas ophiolite is in agreement with extensive fractional crystallization and variable degrees of partial melting of a heterogeneous mantle source, yielding, magmas mainly of MORB composition. Modal and cryptic metasomatic phenomena of the mantle peridotites as well as Sr-Nd isotopic ratios imply that this melt contained also a hydrous component derived from melting of a subducted lithosphere. The above geochemical characteristics and the correlation with the adjacent ophiolite suites of Pindos, Othris and Vourinos indicate that Koziakas ophiolitic complex formed in a small backarc basin situated at the eastern margin of the greater Pindos Ocean, between the Western Thessaly Unit (W.T.U.) and the Pelagonian continent.

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    P. Pomonis, B. Tsikouras & K. Hatzipanagiotou

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Pomonis, P., Tsikouras, B. & Hatzipanagiotou, K. Petrogenetic evolution of the Koziakas ophiolite complex (W. Thessaly, Greece). Mineralogy and Petrology 89, 77–111 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-006-0138-4

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