Mafic enclaves in peraluminous Variscan granitoid in the Battonya Unit from Southeast Hungary

<p>Variscan granitoids occur in the southeastern part of the Tisza Mega Unit of Hungary. The presence of amphibole, calc-alkaline-type Mg-rich biotite in metaluminous basic enclaves, and muscovite and Fe-Al-biotite in peraluminous granitoids, suggests a mixed I-S-type origin. Two types of musc...

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Main Authors: Gyorgy Buda, Elemér Pál-Molnár, Friedrich Koller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Croatian Geological Survey 2012-06-01
Series:Geologia Croatica
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Online Access:http://www.geologia-croatica.hr/ojs/index.php/GC/article/view/550
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Summary:<p>Variscan granitoids occur in the southeastern part of the Tisza Mega Unit of Hungary. The presence of amphibole, calc-alkaline-type Mg-rich biotite in metaluminous basic enclaves, and muscovite and Fe-Al-biotite in peraluminous granitoids, suggests a mixed I-S-type origin. Two types of muscovite have been identifi ed: a primary euhedral to subhedral, Ti-Na-Al rich variety, crystallized after Fe-rich peraluminous biotite in the two-mica granite and in muscovite granite, and a secondary subhedral Si enriched and Mg-bearing, Ti-poor mica formed as a hydrothermal alteration product of feldspars, and is present in all rock types. Given the compositional continuum of &ldquo;white micas&rdquo;, we suggest that magmatic crystallization was followed by autometasomatic and hydrothermal activity, due to a water-rich liquid rapped in the rock during the final stages of magmatic activity. Based on the bulk composition of the prevailing rock-type, the abundance of primary muscovite, the majority of the granitoid magma crystallized from a watersaturated peraluminous melt for which the pressure was 490&ndash;600 MPa, the temperatures were 650&ndash;685 &deg;C and the depth of the intrusion was a minimum of 15 km.</p><p><strong><br /></strong></p>
ISSN:1330-030X
1333-4875