Boev, Blazo and Prelevic, Dejan and Bozovic, Milica and Eric, Suzana and Cvetkovic, Vladica (2013) Olivine websterite veins cutting the Rabrovo serpentinites (South Macedonia): new evidence of the arc setting of the east Vardar ophiolites? Contributions, Section of Natural, Mathematical and Biotechnical Sciences, MASA, 34 (1-2). pp. 69-81. ISSN 1857-9027
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Abstract
The study reports petrography and mineral chemistry data about an ultramafic vein that cuts the Rabrovo
serpentinite (near Valandovo, Southern Macedonia). The serpentinite occurs as a block within a shearing zone of the
East Vardar Zone tectonic mélange. The vein corresponds to medium-grained olivine websterite that sometimes
displays cumulate-like textures. It is composed of low-Al orthopyroxene (Mg#[mol MgO*100/(MgO + FeOt)]~85,
Al2O3<2 wt.%), clinopyroxene (Mg# = 82–86), olivine (Mg#~84) and spinel (Cr#[mol Cr2O3/(Cr2O3 + Al2O3)]~0.4,
which, according to geothermometric calculations, equilibrated at 750–850 oC. Its pyroxene-rich modal composition
suggests that this rock cannot represent a normal lithospheric mantle. Instead, it is supposed that it was formed via
magmatic precipitations in the mantle lithosphere. In addition, the Rabrovo olivine websterite shows similar mineral
chemical compositions to many other orthopyroxene-rich lithologies worldwide, which origin is commonly
associated with subduction settings. Therefore, its presence is considered as additional evidence that the East Vardar
ophiolites represent typical supra-subduction ophiolites.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Natural sciences > Earth and related environmental sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Todor Serafimovski |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2014 13:10 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2014 13:10 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/8789 |
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