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Zircon U–Pb–Hf snapshots on the crustal evolution of the Serbo-Macedonian massif: new insights from Ammouliani island (Northern Greece)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2021

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Konstantinos Papapavlou*
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GEOTOP, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada
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Abstract

Zircon U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotope microanalysis was conducted in (meta)-igneous units of Ammouliani island to characterize crust-forming and reworking events in the Serbo-Macedonian massif. Zircon grains from an orthogneiss of the Vertiskos unit yielded a U–Pb crystallization age for the igneous precursor at 458.8 ± 11 Ma with dominantly subchondritic ϵHf values indicating reworking of Neoproterozoic basement. A weighted mean ϵHf value of 0.7 ± 2.4 from oscillatory zoned zircon grains of the Ouranoupoli granodiorite indicates juvenile crustal input at 52.1 ± 0.6 Ma. The U–Pb–Hf zircon archive records discrete stages in the crustal evolution of the Serbo-Macedonian massif.

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crustal evolutionzirconU–PbLu–HfSerbo-Macedonian massifHellenides
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Geological Magazine , Volume 158 , Issue 11 , November 2021 , pp. 2079 - 2086
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