UHP metamorphic rocks of the Eastern Rhodope Massif, NE Greece [Elektronische Ressource] : new constraints from petrology, geochemistry and zircon ages / Nina Kaarina Cornelius

UHP metamorphic rocks of the Eastern Rhodope Massif,NE Greece: new constraints from petrology,geochemistry and zircon agesDissertationzur Erlangung des Grades“Doktor der Naturwissenschaften“im Promotionsfach Geologie-Paläontologieam Fachbereich Chemie, Pharmazie und Geowissenschaftender Johannes Gutenberg-Universität MainzNina Kaarina Corneliusgeb. in KielMainz, 2008ErklärungIch versichere hiermit, die vorliegende Arbeit selbständig und nur unter Verwendung derangegebenen Quellen und Hilfsmittel verfasst zu haben.Mainz, Juli 2008Abstract IAbstractIn this PhD thesis, a multidisciplinary study has been carried out on metagranitoids andparagneisses from the Eastern Rhodope Massif, northern Greece, to decipher the pre-Alpinemagmatic and geodynamic evolution of the Rhodope Massif and to correlate the eastern part withthe western/central parts of the orogen. The Rhodope Massif, which occupies the major part ofNE Greece and S Bulgaria, represents the easternmost part of the Internal Hellenides. It isregarded as a nappe stack of high-grade units, which is classically subdivided into an upper unitand a lower unit, separated by a SSE-NNW trending thrust plane, the Nestos thrust. Recentresearch in the central Greek Rhodope Massif revealed that the two units correspond to twodistinct terranes of different age, the Permo-Carboniferous Thracia Terrane, which wasoverthrusted by the Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous Rhodope Terrane.