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Cenozoic evolution of the Tripolitza carbonate platform in the Tethyan realm: new age constraints on deposition, diagenesis, metamorphism and nappe emplacement based on U-Pb and Rb-Sr dating (External Hellenides, Crete)

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T. Klein Open the ORCID record for T. Klein [Opens in a new window] ,
G. Zulauf Open the ORCID record for G. Zulauf [Opens in a new window] ,
D. Evans Open the ORCID record for D. Evans [Opens in a new window] ,
A. Gerdes ,
J. Glodny ,
F. Heidelbach ,
F. Kirst ,
J. Linckens ,
W. Müller  and
E. Özcan
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T. Klein*
Affiliation:
Wintershall Dea AG, Friedrich-Ebert Strasse 160, 34119, Kassel, Germany
G. Zulauf
Affiliation:
Institut für Geowissenschaften, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M., Altenhöferallee 1, D-60438, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
D. Evans
Affiliation:
Frankfurt Isotope and Element Research Center (FIERCE), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M., Altenhöferallee 1, D-60438, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
A. Gerdes
Affiliation:
Frankfurt Isotope and Element Research Center (FIERCE), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M., Altenhöferallee 1, D-60438, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
J. Glodny
Affiliation:
Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
F. Heidelbach
Affiliation:
Universität Bayreuth, Bayerisches Geoinstitut (BGI), Universitätsstr. 30, D-95447, Bayreuth, Germany
F. Kirst
Affiliation:
Institut für Geowissenschaften, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M., Altenhöferallee 1, D-60438, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
J. Linckens
Affiliation:
Tata Steel, R&D, Microstructural and Surface Characterization, 1970 CA, Ijmuiden, The Netherlands
W. Müller
Affiliation:
Frankfurt Isotope and Element Research Center (FIERCE), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M., Altenhöferallee 1, D-60438, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
E. Özcan
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Engineering, Faculty of Mines, İstanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey
R. Petschick
Affiliation:
Institut für Geowissenschaften, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M., Altenhöferallee 1, D-60438, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
P. Xypolias
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
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Corresponding author: Thomas Klein; Email: thomas.klein@wintershalldea.com
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Abstract

We present kinematic, radiometric, geochemical and PT data, which help to constrain the tectonometamorphic evolution of the Tripolitza Unit (TPU). The age of both the metamorphic peak (P = 0.4 ±0.2 GPa, T = ca. 310 °C) and top-to-the WNW mylonitic thrusting, attributed to the emplacement of the hanging Pindos nappe, has been constrained at 19 ±2.5 Ma using Rb-Sr on synkinematic white mica of a basal mylonite of NW Crete. This early tectonic event is also documented by the oldest generation of veins, which cut through less metamorphic (T = 240 ±15 °C) late Bartonian/Priabonian Nummulite limestone exposed as olistolith in TPU flysch of central Crete. Calcite of these veins yielded a similar U-Pb age at 20 ±6 Ma. U-Pb dating of matrix calcite, on the other hand, reflect the time of sedimentation (38.4 ±5.7 Ma and 37.6 ±1.2 Ma), which is in line with the faunal content of the black limestone. Geochemical data and U-Pb calcite ages of fibres of the Nummulite test (32.3 ±3.1 Ma and 34.6 ±0.9 Ma) suggest unexpected pseudomorphic fibre replacement during late Priabonian/early Rupelian diagenesis. Additional calcite veins, which developed at ca. 10–11 and 7 – 9 Ma (U-Pb on calcite), are attributed to top-to-the S thrusting and subsequent extension, respectively. The resulting anticlockwise rotation of the shortening direction within the TPU from WNW-ESE at ca. 20 Ma to N-S at ca. 10 Ma has significant implications for the geodynamic evolution of the External Hellenides.

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U-Pb calciteNummuliteCreteExternal HellenidesTripolitza Unit
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Geological Magazine , Volume 160 , Issue 7 , July 2023 , pp. 1282 - 1300
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