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Received October 10, 2003
Accepted February 7, 2005

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Tertiary Ultrapotassic Volcanism in Serbia: Constraints on Petrogenesis and Mantle Source Characteristics

D. PRELEVIC 1*, S. F. FOLEY 2, R. L. ROMER 3, V. CVETKOVIC 4, and H. DOWNES 5

1 FACULTY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE, DJUSINA 7, 11000 BELGRADE, SERBIA & MONTENEGRO; INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF MAINZ, BECHERWEG 21, 55099 MAINZ, GERMANY
2 INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF MAINZ, BECHERWEG 21, 55099 MAINZ, GERMANY
3 GEOFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM POTSDAM, TELEGRAFENBERG, D-14473 POTSDAM, GERMANY
4 FACULTY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE, DJUSINA 7, 11000 BELGRADE, SERBIA & MONTENEGRO
5 SCHOOL OF EARTH SCIENCES, BIRKBECK COLLEGE, MALET STREET, LONDON WC1E 7HX, UK

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
D. PRELEVIC, E-mail: prelevic{at}uni-mainz.de


  Abstract

The Serbian province of Tertiary ultrapotassic volcanism is related to a post-collisional tectonic regime that followed the closure of the Tethyan Vardar Ocean by Late Cretaceous subduction beneath the southern European continental margin. Rocks of this province form two ultrapotassic groups; one with affinities to lamproites, which is concentrated mostly in the central parts of the Vardar ophiolitic suture zone, and the other with affinities to kamafugites, which crops out in volcanoes restricted to the western part of Serbia. The lamproitic group is characterized by a wide range of 87Sr/86Sri (0·70735-0·71299) and 143Nd/144Ndi (0·51251-0·51216), whereas the kamafugitic group is isotopically more homogeneous with a limited range of 87Sr/86Sri (0·70599-0·70674) and 143Nd/144Ndi (0·51263-0·51256). The Pb isotope compositions of both groups are very similar (206Pb/204Pb 18·58-18·83, 207Pb/204Pb 15·62-15·70 and 208Pb/204Pb 38·74-38·99), falling within the pelagic sediment field and resembling Mesozoic flysch sediments from the Vardar suture zone. The Sr and Nd isotopic signatures of the primitive lamproitic rocks correlate with rare earth element fractionation and enrichment of most high field strength elements (HFSE), and can be explained by melting of a heterogeneous mantle source consisting of metasomatic veins with phlogopite, clinopyroxene and F-apatite that are out of isotopic equilibrium with the peridotite wall-rock. Decompression melting, with varying contributions from depleted peridotite and ultramafic veins to the final melt, accounts for consistent HFSE enrichment and isotopic variations in the lamproitic group. Conversely, the most primitive kamafugitic rocks show relatively uniform Sr and Nd isotopic compositions and trace element patterns, and small but regular variations of HFSE, indicating variable degrees of partial melting of a relatively homogeneously metasomatized mantle source. Geochemical modelling supports a role for phlogopite, apatite and Ti-oxide in the source of the kamafugitic rocks. The presence of two contrasting ultrapotassic suites in a restricted geographical area is attributable to the complex geodynamic situation involving recent collision of a number of microcontinents with contrasting histories and metasomatic imprints in their mantle lithosphere. The geochemistry of the Serbian ultrapotassic rocks suggests that the enrichment events that modified the source of both lamproitic and kamafugitic groups were related to Mesozoic subduction events. The postcollisional environment of the northern Balkan region with many extensional episodes is consistent at regional and local levels with the occurrence of ultrapotassic rocks, providing a straightforward relationship between geodynamics and volcanism.

Keywords: kamafugite; lamproite; Mediterranean; Serbia; mantle metasomatism; veined mantle; petrogenesis.
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