Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of the Sedemte Prestola potassic alkaline pluton

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pp. 57-69
Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, Faculty of Geology and Geography, Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, Faculty of Geology and Geography, Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
Abstract: 

The Sedemte Prestola pluton is an intermediate to acid plutonic body of Variscan age (308.7 ± 9.1 Ma). Despite its small size, several petrographic varieties are present: syenites, quartzsyentes and granites. It is composed of potassium feldspar, quartz, sodic-calcic amphibole; biotite, when present, is often rimmed by amphibole or strongly altered; zircon, titanite, apatite and ilmenite are the accessory phases. The rocks display pronounced potassic character with up to 10.4 wt% K2O, peralkaline tendency, and significant trace element enrichment for REE, Zr, Th, U, and Ba. The rocks also show enriched isotopic characteristic with 87/86Sri between 0.7107 and 0.7111, and 143/144Ndi between 0.51193 and 0.51182. The geochemical features of the Sedemte Prestola pluton imply orogenic geodynamic setting of formation as a product of more primitive magma fractionation. Isotopic characteristics and high LILE, Th and U contents support the derivation from enriched mantle source – phlogopite-bearing peridotites in the spinel stability field.

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potassic granitoid, Variscan, trace elements enrichment

DOI: 
10.52321/GeolBalc.51.3.57

VOLUME 51 (3)/December 2022

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Faculty of Physics and Technology, Plovdiv University “Paisiy Hilendarski”, 24 Tsar Asen Str., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 6 Joliot-Curie Str., 1419890 Dubna, Russia
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Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 6 Joliot-Curie Str., 1419890 Dubna, Russia
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Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 6 Joliot-Curie Str., 1419890 Dubna, Russia
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Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 6 Joliot-Curie Str., 1419890 Dubna, Russia

Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. Georgi Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. Georgi Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. Georgi Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. Georgi Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. Georgi Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. Georgi Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Faculty of Geology and Exploration, University of Mining and Geology, 1700 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Faculty of Geology and Exploration, University of Mining and Geology, 1700 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Faculty of Geology and Exploration, University of Mining and Geology, 1700 Sofia, Bulgaria

Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. Georgi Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. Georgi Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Department of Palaeontology, Eötvös L. University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/c, 1117 Budapest, Hungary

Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, Faculty of Geology and Geography, Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, Faculty of Geology and Geography, Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria

Department of University Archive, Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria