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Thomson, Stuart N.; Ring, Uwe; Brichau, Stephanie; Glodny, Johannes; Will, Thomas M. (2009) Timing and nature of formation of the Ios metamorphic core complex, southern Cyclades, Greece, in Extending a Continent - Architecture, Rheology and Heat Budget. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321 (1). 139-167 doi:10.1144/sp321.7

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TitleTiming and nature of formation of the Ios metamorphic core complex, southern Cyclades, Greece
JournalGeological Society, London, Special Publications
AuthorsThomson, Stuart N.Author
Ring, UweAuthor
Brichau, StephanieAuthor
Glodny, JohannesAuthor
Will, Thomas M.Author
Year2009 (January)Volume321
Page(s)139-167Issue1
PublisherGeological Society of London
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DOIdoi:10.1144/sp321.7Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceThomson, Stuart N.; Ring, Uwe; Brichau, Stephanie; Glodny, Johannes; Will, Thomas M. (2009) Timing and nature of formation of the Ios metamorphic core complex, southern Cyclades, Greece, in Extending a Continent - Architecture, Rheology and Heat Budget. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321 (1). 139-167 doi:10.1144/sp321.7
Plain TextThomson, Stuart N.; Ring, Uwe; Brichau, Stephanie; Glodny, Johannes; Will, Thomas M. (2009) Timing and nature of formation of the Ios metamorphic core complex, southern Cyclades, Greece, in Extending a Continent - Architecture, Rheology and Heat Budget. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 321 (1). 139-167 doi:10.1144/sp321.7
InRing, U., Wernicke, B. - Eds. (2009) Extending a Continent - Architecture, Rheology and Heat Budget. Special Publication Vol. 321. Geological Society of London
Abstract/NotesAbstract

We apply low-temperature thermochronology, Rb/Sr geochronology, petrological data, and structural mapping to constrain the timing and kinematics of the Ios metamorphic core complex. Top-to-north extension in the lower plate Headland Shear Zone was active at 18–19 Ma under metamorphic conditions of 475–610 °C and 0.65–1.1 GPa. The South Cyclades Shear Zone/Ios Detachment Fault (SCSZ/IDF) system shows top-to-south extensional shear active at
c.
19 Ma at 380–550 °C, with local top-to-north bands. Extensional shear above the SCSZ/IDF is dominantly top-to-south to top-to-SW.
PT
estimates from an eclogite boudin constrain Eocene high-pressure metamorphism to 430–560 °C and 1.21±0.42 GPa to 0.66±0.37 GPa. Similar low-temperature thermochronometric ages across Ios demonstrate that ductile extensional movement ceased by
c.
15 Ma. Exhumation to shallow crustal levels took place between
c.
15 and 9 Ma at cooling rates of up to 120 °C Ma
−1
with a slow down to <20 °C Ma
−1
between 12 and 9 Ma, most likely accommodated by extensional slip at rates of
c.
3 km Ma
−1
along the top-to-SW Coastal Fault System. We propose a model of bivergent extension for exhumation of the Ios core complex between 19 and 9 Ma, with Ios forming a secondary antithetic top-to-south to top-to-SW extensional fault system to a more dominant top-to-north Naxos/Paros detachment system.

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Ios Island, Thira, South Aegean, Greece


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