Abstract:
The Aegean region of Greece has experienced a complex tectono-metamorphic history, characterized by alternating periods of compression. During the retreating subduction stage (slab rollback), successive episodes of extension resulted in the exhumation of high-pressure rocks from deep crustal levels. The Cycladic Blueschist Unit is renowned for its excellently preserved high-pressure rocks, which record a history of subduction and accretion from the Paleocene to the Early Miocene. In mainland Greece, the on-land exposure of the Cycladic Blueschist Unit in the Olympos–Ossa region allows for a direct examination of its tectonic relationships with adjacent units.
This presentation will focus on the first manuscript of my PhD project. I will report and discuss deformation-related geochronological data and structural measurements from the Olympos–Ossa region.
Examination committee
Supervisor:
Prof. Uwe Ring, Structural Geology, IGV
Co-supervisors:
Prof. Alasdair Skelton, Geochemistry and Petrology, IGV
Prof. Victoria Pease, Tectonics and Magmatism, IGV
Examiners:
Prof. Jaroslaw Majka, Petrology, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University
Dr. Alessandro Maltese, Researcher and TIMS Lab Manager, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm