Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic magmatism in the Eastern Pontides (NE Türkiye): Evidence for divergent double subduction of Paleo-Tethys lithosphere

Abstract

The Meso-Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of northern Türkiye remains a subject of debate primarily due to a lack of systematic geological, geochemical, geochronological, and geophysical investigations. This paper presents comprehensive geochronological and geochemical data on the Late Triassic andesite porphyry, andesite breccia and quartz diorite porphyry, and the Middle Jurassic diabase, and amphibole-poor and amphibole-rich andesite porphyry from Çevrepınar Igneous Complex (Gümüşhane) in the southern part of the Eastern Pontides Orogenic Belt (EPOB), a well-preserved continental arc in the Alpine-Himalayan orogen. Zircon U–Pb geochronology indicates crystallization ages of ∼208–202 Ma (Rhaetian) for the Late Triassic rocks and ∼175–172 Ma (Aalenian) for the Middle Jurassic rocks. Whole-rock geochemical and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic data, and zircon ε_Hf(t) data indicate that both the Late Triassic and the Middle Jurassic rocks originated by low-degree melting of a spinel lherzolite lithospheric mantle source modified by subduction-related fluids and/or melts. Based on the new and published data, we suggest that the Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic arc magmatism in EPOB occurred as a result of southward subduction of the Paleo-Tethys oceanic lithosphere beneath the northern margin of Gondwana-Land. Late Triassic to Jurassic arc magmatism and basin evolution occurred synchronously in the northern and southern peripheries of the present-day Eastern Black Sea Basin, indicating divergent double subduction of the Paleo-Tethys oceanic lithosphere beneath the northern margin of Gondwana and southern margin of Laurasia during the Early Mesozoic.

Keywords

Arc magma / Pontides / Paleo-Tethys / Divergent double subduction / Mesozoic / Oceanic lithosphere

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