Jurassic granitoid magmatism in the Dinaride Neotethys: geochronological constraints from detrital minerals

Year:

2009

Type of Publication:

Article

Authors:

Mikes, Tamás; Baresel, Björn; Kronz, Andreas; Frei, Dirk; Dunkl, István; Tolosana-Delgado, Raimon; Eynatten, Hilmar Von

Journal:

Terra Nova

Volume:

21

Number:

6

Pages:

495-506

ISSN:

1365-3121

BibTex:

@article{TER:TER907, author = "Tam{\'a}s Mikes and Bj{\"o}rn Baresel and Andreas Kronz and Dirk Frei and Istv{\'a}n Dunkl and Raimon Tolosana-Delgado and Hilmar Von Eynatten", abstract = "Three independent single-grain geochronometers applied to detrital minerals from Central Dinaride sediments constrain the timing of felsic magmatism that associated the Jurassic evolution of the Neotethys. The Lower Cretaceous clastic wedge of the Bosnian Flysch, sourced from the Dinaride ophiolitic thrust complex, yields magmatic monazite and zircon grains with dominant age components of 164 ± 3 and 152 ± 10 Ma respectively. A unique tephra horizon within the Adriatic Carbonate Platform was dated at 148 ± 11 Ma by apatite fission track analysis. These consistent results suggest that leucocractic melt generation in the Central Dinaride segment of the Neotethys culminated in Middle to Late Jurassic times, coeval with and slightly post-dating subophiolitic sole metamorphism. Growth of magmatic monazite and explosive volcanism call for supra-subduction-zone processes at the convergent Neotethyan margin. New compilation of geochronological data demonstrates that such Jurassic felsic rocks are widespread in the entire Dinaride–Hellenide orogen.", doi = "10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00907.x", issn = "1365-3121", journal = "Terra Nova", number = "6", pages = "495--506", publisher = "Blackwell Publishing Ltd", title = "{J}urassic granitoid magmatism in the {D}inaride {N}eotethys: geochronological constraints from detrital minerals", url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00907.x", volume = "21", year = "2009", }

Abstract:

Three independent single-grain geochronometers applied to detrital minerals from Central Dinaride sediments constrain the timing of felsic magmatism that associated the Jurassic evolution of the Neotethys. The Lower Cretaceous clastic wedge of the Bosnian Flysch, sourced from the Dinaride ophiolitic thrust complex, yields magmatic monazite and zircon grains with dominant age components of 164 ± 3 and 152 ± 10 Ma respectively. A unique tephra horizon within the Adriatic Carbonate Platform was dated at 148 ± 11 Ma by apatite fission track analysis. These consistent results suggest that leucocractic melt generation in the Central Dinaride segment of the Neotethys culminated in Middle to Late Jurassic times, coeval with and slightly post-dating subophiolitic sole metamorphism. Growth of magmatic monazite and explosive volcanism call for supra-subduction-zone processes at the convergent Neotethyan margin. New compilation of geochronological data demonstrates that such Jurassic felsic rocks are widespread in the entire Dinaride–Hellenide orogen.