Geochemistry and tectonic signifi cance of the ophiolitic rocks of the Yarpuz-Kaypak (Amanoslar, Osmaniye) area

Year 2019, Volume: 159 Issue: 159, 99 - 116, 15.08.2019

Tamer Rızaoğlu , Utku Bağcı , Osman Parlak

https://doi.org/10.19111/bulletinofmre.501393

Abstract

Yarpuz-Kaypak (Osmaniye) region,
located in Amanos Mountains, contains harzburgitic tectonites and mafic
cumulates. The tectonites are represented by serpantinized harzburgites,
whereas the cumulates are characterized by gabbronorite and gabbro
compositions. The crystallization order within the cumulates is clinopyroxene,
orthopyroxene plagioclase and amphibole. The major element compositions of the
tectonites and cumulate rocks are consistent with formation in an arc-related
tectonic setting. Trace element concentrations of these rocks exhibit large ion
litophile element enrichments. Both geochemical and petrographic evidence
suggest that the tectonite and cumulate rocks from the Yarpuz-Kaypak (Osmaniye)
region represent the remnants of an oceanic lithosphere that formed in a
supra-subduction zone tectonic setting during the closure of the Southern
Neotethyan ocean and emplaced onto the northern margin of the Arabian platform
in Late Cretaceous.

 

Keywords

Ophiolite, Petrography, Geochemistry, Suprasubduction zone, Neotethys, Turkey

Thanks

We thank to Fabio Capponi (Geneva University) who conducted the geochemical analysis. We also thank to Prof. Dr. Mehmet Arslan, Dr. Paola Tartarotti (Universita Degli Studi Di Milano) and other anonymous referee due to their valuable contributions. We also thank editor Prof. Dr. Taner Ünlü for handling the manuscript.

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