Peritectic assemblage entrainment and mafic–felsic magma interaction in the Late Oligocene–Early Miocene Karadağ Pluton in the Biga Peninsula, northwest Turkey: petrogenesis and geodynamic implications

The Hellenic subduction system governs the entire Aegean region through the creation of a migrating magmatic arc that has existed since the beginning of the Early Cenozoic. The Karadağ Pluton is situated in the NW part of Turkey and represents one of the distinct snapshots of this subduction system during the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene Period.iod. It consists of 2 major lithological units, based on their petrographic and geochemical features, comprising: 1) main plutonic facies (SiO2 < 70 wt.%) that are dominated by hornblende- and biotite-bearing monzogranite, quartz monzonite, and granodiorite, and 2) late-stage more felsic facies (SiO2 > 70 wt.%) that are represented by cordierite-free and cordierite-bearing leucogranites.