{"title":"The petrology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Edough igneous rocks, Annaba, NE Algeria","authors":"Y. Ahmed-Said, B.E. Leake , G. Rogers","doi":"10.1016/0899-5362(93)90027-N","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Microgranites and rhyolites of the Edough complex, Annaba, NE Algeria are described. Their petrology and geochemistry indicate that these calc-alkaline, probable Tertiary rocks, evolved by feldspar-dominated fractional crystallization of a basic magma. Trace elements and isotopic ratios of Sr (<sup>87</sup>Sr/<sup>86</sup>Sr<sub>16.0</sub> = 0.71947−0.72404) and detailed petrogenetic modelling exclude the granites from being produced solely by simple crystal fractionation of a basaltic magma and the similarities of these ratios to those of the Edough biotite gneisses (<sup>87</sup>Sr/<sup>86</sup>Sr<sub>16.0</sub> = 0.71840−0.73008) confirm a genetic link. We conclude that the Edough Tertiary magmatic rocks and perhaps many of the Tertiary igneous rocks of NE Algeria were produced by crystal fractionation of mantle-derived basaltic magma which subsequently assimilated substantial amounts of crustal material of the type Edough biotite gneisses.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100750,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Earth Sciences (and the Middle East)","volume":"17 1","pages":"Pages 111-123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1993-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0899-5362(93)90027-N","citationCount":"17","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of African Earth Sciences (and the Middle East)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/089953629390027N","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Microgranites and rhyolites of the Edough complex, Annaba, NE Algeria are described. Their petrology and geochemistry indicate that these calc-alkaline, probable Tertiary rocks, evolved by feldspar-dominated fractional crystallization of a basic magma. Trace elements and isotopic ratios of Sr (87Sr/86Sr16.0 = 0.71947−0.72404) and detailed petrogenetic modelling exclude the granites from being produced solely by simple crystal fractionation of a basaltic magma and the similarities of these ratios to those of the Edough biotite gneisses (87Sr/86Sr16.0 = 0.71840−0.73008) confirm a genetic link. We conclude that the Edough Tertiary magmatic rocks and perhaps many of the Tertiary igneous rocks of NE Algeria were produced by crystal fractionation of mantle-derived basaltic magma which subsequently assimilated substantial amounts of crustal material of the type Edough biotite gneisses.