 Geochemical implications for the magma origin of granitic rocks from the Ditrău Alkaline Massif (Eastern Carpathians, Romania)  Elemér Pál-Molnár1,2, Anikó Batki1,2, Ágnes Ódri1, Balázs Kiss2 and Enikő Almási1 1 Vulcano Research Group, Department of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Petrology, University of Szeged, Egyetem street 2, H-6722 Szeged, Hungary 2 MTA-ELTE Volcanology Research Group, Pázmány Péter street 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary (corresponding author: batki@geo.u-szeged.hu) doi:10.4154/gc.2015.04 Ab strA ct In addition to a series of ultramafic to mafic and alkaline igneous rocks, a granite body also occurs in the Ditrău Al- kaline Massif, Eastern Carpathians, Romania. We present and discuss mineral chemical data, and major and trace element compositions of the granites in order to define their nature and origin and to determine the depth of the mag- ma emplacement. The granites consist of K-feldspar, albite to oligoclase and quartz accompanied by Ti-rich annite ± calcic amphiboles. Depending on the amphibole content they are classified as less fractionated amphibole-bearing and amphibole-free varieties. Accessories include zircon, apatite, magnetite, ilmenite, and allanite or monazite. High Zr, Nb, Ga, Ce and Y content and Ga/Al and Fe/Mg ratios, together with low CaO, Sr and Ba contents and Y/Nb ratios of 0.04-0.88 are consistent with A1-type granites and mantle differentiates correspond to an intra-plate environ- ment. The Ditrău Alkaline Massif granites were emplaced at middle – upper crustal levels between 14 and 4 km depth as indicated by the calculated crystallization pressure of 370 ± 40 MPa and the stability limit of calcic amphiboles. Keywords: A-type granite; geochemistry; mantle differentiates; amphibole geobarometry; Ditrău Alkaline Massif, Eastern Carpathians, Romania A wide variety of igneous rocks have been described in the DAM from ultramafic to mafic ones (Tarniţa Complex: peridotites, gabbros, diorites), felsic silica-saturated and oversaturated syenites and granites, as well as undersaturated alkaline rocks (nepheline syenites) (PáL-MOLNáR, 2000). The massif is the locus typicus of several magmatic rock types that were first identified here, e.g. ditróite, orotvite and ditró- essexite. Previously these names were widely accepted in the international petrographical literature, though by now the IUGS does not recommend their use. Numerous dykes, in- cluding lamprophyres, tinguaites and alkali feldspar syenites, cut across the whole complex (BATKI et al., 2014). Geologia CroaticaGeologia Croatica Geologia croatica 68/1 51–66 9 Figs. 4 tabs. Zagreb 2015 1. INtrODUctION Since the nineteenth century many studies have examined the mineralogy, petrology and geochemistry of the Ditrău Alkaline Massif (DAM) (e.g. KOCH, 1879; IANOVICI, 1938; STRECKEISEN, 1938, 1952, 1954; CODARCEA et al., 1957; STRECKEISEN & HUNZIKER, 1974; ANAS- TASIU & CONSTANTINESCU, 1982; PáL-MOLNáR, 1992, 1994a, 2000; PáL-MOLNáR & áRVA-SóS, 1995; DALLMEYER et al., 1997; KRäUTNER & BINDEA, 1998; JAKAB, 1998; MOROGAN et al., 2000; FALL et al., 2007; BATKI et al., 2014), however, there is still a great de- bate on the petrogenesis of the DAM. Geologia croatica 68/1Geologia Croatica 52 the structural system of the Alpine-Carpathian-Dinaric re- gion it belongs to the Dacia Mega-Unit (Median Dacides; SănDuleSCu, 1984) (Fig. 1.A). The massif intruded the Variscan metamorphic rocks of the Eastern Carpathians, later participating in the Alpine tectonic events along with these metamorphic rocks (PáL-MOLNáR, 1994b). Structurally, the DAM is the part of the Alpine Bucovinian Nappe System having direct contact with three of its Pre-Alpine (Variscan) lithogroups: the Bretila (Rarău nappe), Rebra (Rodna nappe) and Tulgheş lithogroups (Putna nappe) (BALIN- TONI, 1997, 1981) (Fig. 1B). The Bucovinian Nappe repre- sents the upper unit of the Central Eastern Carpathian nappes which were formed during the Middle Cretaceous (SănDuleSCu, 1984). The DAM is partly covered by neogene- Quaternary andesitic pyroclastics and lava flows of the Călimani–Gurghiu–Harghita volcanic chain and by Pliocene–Pleistocene sediments and lignite-bearing lacus- trine deposits of the Gheorgeni and Jolotca Basins (CODAR- CEA et al., 1957). It is most likely that the intrusion was related to the ope- ning events of the Meliata–Hallstatt Ocean (HOECK et al., 2009), where main rifting began during the Pelsonian Subs- tage (Middle Triassic) (KOZUR, 1991). The north-eastern part of the DAM was previously con- sidered to be a homogeneous granite body (JAKAB, 1998). However, KOVáCS & PáL-MOLNáR (2005) and PáL- MOLNáR (2006) pointed out that there are various types of felsic granitic rocks in this area. Currently, two main hypoth- eses have emerged concerning the origin of the granite: (1) granites have resulted from the differentiation of mantle-de- rived melts (MOROGAN et al., 2000; PáL-MOLNáR, 2000) or (2) granites have been formed from silica-poor mag- mas contaminated by the felsic crust (STRECKEISEN & HUNZIKER, 1974; JAKAB, 1998), without mentioning any particular source of these magmas. In this paper we discuss new geochemical and petrolog- ical data on granites and draw conclusions on processes of magma evolution in order to provide further constraints on the formation of the Ditrǎu Alkaline Massif. 2. GEOLOGIcAL sEttING The Ditrǎu Alkaline Massif forms the southern and south western part of the Giurgeu Mountains (Eastern Carpathians, Romania). It is 19 km long and 14 km wide and ca. 200 km2 in size on the surface (PáL-MOLNáR, 2000) (Fig. 1). In Figure 1: (A) Location of the DAM in the Alpine-Carpathian-Dinaric region (after SĂNDULESCU et al., 1981, modified). (b) Structural units of the Eastern- Carpathians (PáL-MoLNár, 2010). (c) Sample locations in the northern part of the DAM (PáL-MoLNár, 2000). Pál-Molnár et al.: Geochemical Implications for the magma origin of granitic rocks from the Ditrău Alkaline Massif (Eastern Carpathians, romania) Geologia Croatica 53 Mineral phases of the studied granites were analyzed with a JEOL JCXA-733 electron microprobe in wavelength- dispersive mode using a beam current of 15 nA and an ac- celeration voltage of 20kV at the Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. 4. PEtrOGrAPHY AND MINErAL cHEMIstrY 4.1. Petrography The studied granites are generally light grey with a light red- dish tone. The rocks are inequigranular and exhibit a phane- ritic texture. The main constituents are quartz (20–37%), K- feldspar (up to 50%), plagioclase (ca. 10–35%) and subordinate biotite ± amphibole (ca. 2–16%) (Fig. 2). Amphibole is fre- quently altered and occurs in half of the granite samples. The presence of amphibole in the granite does not depend on the location; amphibole-bearing granite occurs randomly through- out the granite body. Chlorite, epidote, magnetite and titanite as alteration products commonly appear after amphibole (Fig. 2A). Quartz is observed in the rocks as a medium- to coarse- grained anhedral phase (250–1500 µm). Plagioclase is usually Direct contact of the massif with sedimentary rocks is not observed. The first K/Ar ages were published by BAG- DASARIAN (1972) who determined a Neocomian (125±10 Ma) age of the DAM granites. Afterwards, PáL-MOLNáR & áRVA-SOóS (1995) using K/Ar ages on amphibole and biotite separates, produced an average date of 206±7.8 Ma for the granites and suggested a late Triassic age for them. The largest granite body crops out in the north-eastern part of the DAM, east of the Turcului Creek and north of the Jolotca Creek (Fig. 1C). 3. sAMPLEs AND ANALYtIcAL MEtHODs Samples of granites were collected from the right side of Jo- lotca Creek (Creangă Mare, laposbükk, Turcului, Holoşag and Ţengheler Mic Creeks) (Fig. 1C). Whole-rock major element compositions were analyzed by ICP mass spectrometer (Finnigan MAT Element) and trace elements were determined by ICP atomic emission spectrometry using a Varian Vista AX spectrometer at the Department of Geological Sciences, University of Stock- holm. Additional bulk rock analyses were carried out by ICP MS at the Acme Analythical Laboratory, Vancouver, Canada. Figure 2: Characteristic petrographic features of granites from the DAM. (A) Amphibole strongly replaced by titanite, epidote, chlorite and biotite, +N. (b) Biotite with zircon inclusions, +N. (c) BSE image of euhedral allanite crystal in K-feldspar. (D) Monazite grains in K-feldspar and plagioclase, +N. Min- eral abbreviations are after KrEtz (1983). Geologia croatica 68/1Geologia Croatica 54 ta bl e 1: r ep re se nt at iv e bi ot ite c om po si tio ns o f g ra ni te s f ro m th e D itr ău A lk al in e M as si f, ro m an ia . Sa m pl e Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 39 Vr G 68 39 Vr G 68 39 Vr G 68 39   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 Si o 2 35 .3 0 36 .6 0 35 .4 1 36 .3 2 36 .2 5 38 .1 4 36 .3 1 35 .2 1 36 .5 5 36 .7 7 36 .8 3 37 .4 0 37 .2 9 37 .3 6 35 .9 4 ti o 2 2. 66 1. 35 1. 99 2. 11 2. 53 2. 44 2. 59 3. 17 3. 00 3. 40 2. 99 3. 13 2. 74 3. 23 2. 96 Al 2o 3 12 .9 5 13 .3 8 13 .5 5 12 .9 5 13 .8 4 13 .4 7 13 .2 1 13 .3 2 13 .5 9 13 .1 4 13 .5 9 13 .0 1 13 .3 4 12 .6 1 12 .1 8 Fe o 22 .8 6 23 .0 6 23 .0 4 22 .9 4 22 .9 3 23 .2 0 24 .1 1 23 .2 9 23 .4 4 24 .8 8 24 .7 2 21 .5 1 21 .2 3 21 .8 7 20 .6 7 M no 0. 82 0. 78 0. 84 0. 84 0. 84 0. 46 0. 80 0. 84 0. 69 0. 82 0. 39 0. 54 0. 49 0. 44 0. 51 M go 8. 66 8. 80 8. 42 8. 26 8. 00 8. 71 8. 04 7. 22 7. 47 7. 31 7. 59 9. 63 9. 19 9. 24 9. 92 Ca o 0. 02 0. 06 0. 12 0. 00 0. 03 0. 00 0. 02 0. 00 0. 00 0. 22 0. 14 0. 03 0. 00 0. 00 0. 10 N a 2 o 0. 53 0. 03 0. 18 0. 15 0. 03 0. 30 0. 34 0. 11 0. 21 0. 21 0. 07 0. 00 0. 33 0. 12 0. 40 K 2 o 9. 38 9. 94 9. 38 9. 34 9. 76 9. 95 10 .0 0 9. 60 9. 93 9. 61 9. 89 9. 62 9. 75 9. 79 9. 47 to ta l 93 .1 5 94 .0 0 92 .9 3 92 .6 7 94 .2 1 96 .6 6 95 .4 2 92 .7 6 94 .8 1 96 .3 5 86 .3 3 94 .8 7 94 .3 6 94 .6 6 92 .1 5 O xy ge ns 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 Si 5. 67 5. 81 5. 70 5. 83 5. 74 5. 86 5. 72 5. 69 5. 76 5. 74 5. 74 5. 81 5. 83 5. 84 5. 77 Al IV 2. 32 2. 18 2. 29 2. 16 2. 25 2. 13 2. 27 2. 30 2. 23 2. 25 2. 25 2. 18 2. 16 2. 15 2. 22 Al VI 0. 13 0. 32 0. 27 0. 29 0. 32 0. 29 0. 18 0. 24 0. 28 0. 16 0. 24 0. 20 0. 28 0. 16 0. 08 ti 0. 32 0. 16 0. 24 0. 25 0. 30 0. 28 0. 30 0. 38 0. 35 0. 39 0. 35 0. 36 0. 32 0. 37 0. 35 Fe 2+ 3. 07 3. 06 3. 10 3. 08 3. 03 2. 98 3. 18 3. 15 3. 08 3. 24 3. 22 2. 79 2. 77 2. 86 2. 77 M n 0. 11 0. 10 0. 11 0. 08 0. 11 0. 05 0. 10 0. 11 0. 09 0. 10 0. 05 0. 07 0. 06 0. 05 0. 06 M g 2. 07 2. 08 2. 02 1. 97 1. 88 1. 99 1. 89 1. 74 1. 75 1. 70 1. 76 2. 23 2. 14 2. 15 2. 37 Ca 0. 00 0. 01 0. 02 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 01 0. 03 0. 02 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 01 N a 0. 17 0. 01 0. 05 0. 04 0. 01 0. 08 0. 10 0. 03 0. 06 0. 06 0. 00 0. 01 0. 10 0. 03 0. 12 K 1. 92 2. 01 1. 92 1. 91 1. 97 1. 95 2. 01 1. 98 1. 99 1. 91 1. 96 1. 90 1. 94 1. 95 1. 94 to ta l 15 .8 2 15 .7 7 15 .7 6 15 .1 6 15 .6 5 15 .6 5 15 .7 9 15 .6 5 15 .6 5 15 .6 3 15 .6 3 15 .5 7 15 .6 3 15 .6 0 15 .7 4 m g# 0. 40 0. 40 0. 39 0. 39 0. 38 0. 40 0. 37 0. 35 0. 36 0. 34 0. 35 0. 44 0. 43 0. 43 0. 46 Fe /( Fe +M g) 0. 60 0. 60 0. 61 0. 61 0. 62 0. 60 0. 63 0. 64 0. 64 0. 64 0. 65 0. 56 0. 56 0. 57 0. 54 M g/ Fe 0. 67 0. 68 0. 65 0. 64 0. 62 0. 67 0. 59 0. 55 0. 57 0. 52 0. 55 0. 80 0. 77 0. 75 0. 86 Pál-Molnár et al.: Geochemical Implications for the magma origin of granitic rocks from the Ditrău Alkaline Massif (Eastern Carpathians, romania) Geologia Croatica 55 euhedral to subhedral and is fine- to coarse-grained (600–1000 µm). It shows albite twinning and often has a sericitized core. The medium- to very coarse-grained K-feldspar (500–4000 µm) is microcline occurring as tartan twins. exsolution tex- tures are commonly represented by perthite and equilibrium quartz-feldspar intergrowth (i.e. myrmekite) occurring mainly in amphibole-bearing samples. Myrmekite texture is devel- oped at the margins of plagioclase and microcline. Worm- or finger-like droplets of quartz are enclosed in plagioclase. Bio- tite appears as discrete subhedral to anhedral grains, as well as grain aggregates interstitial to feldspars and quartz (Fig. 2B). It is often altered to chlorite, opaque minerals and hema- tite. Accessory phases are apatite, zircon, monazite, ilmenite, magnetite and allanite. Allanite generally occurs as euhedral to subhedral crystals interstitial to the major minerals (Fig. 2C). It is strongly pleochroic (from red to brownish red). Zir- con (Fig. 2B) and apatite are usually euhedral and are enclosed in biotite and feldspars. Monazite is euhedral and incorporated in biotite or feldspars (Fig. 2D). Magnetite occurs as euhedral crystals and enclosed in amphiboles. Allanite solely appears in granites which contain amphibole, whereas monazite ap- pears only in amphibole-free varieties. 4.2. Mineral chemistry 4.2.1. Biotite Representative microprobe analyses of biotites are given in Table 1. They are annite according to DEER et al. (1992). There are two types of biotites in the studied granites, one with higher mg# of 0.42–0.46 (Mg/Fe=0.75–0.86) and the other one with lower mg# of 0.34–0.40 (Mg/Fe=0.52–0.68). The high Ti content (TiO2=1.4–3.4 wt. %) is a characteristic features of biotites, and is similar to the biotites of other rocks from the Ditrǎu Alkaline Massif (PáL-MOLNáR, 2000; MOROGAN et al., 2000; BATKI et al., 2014). Mg contents slightly decrease with increasing AlVI (Table 1). 4.2.2. Amphibole Representative chemical compositions of amphiboles are shown in Table 2. According to LEAKE et al. (1997) they are calcic amphiboles and compositionally vary between ferro-edenite and ferrohornblende (Fig. 3). BCa contents vary from 1.68 to 1.82, while BNa content varies between 0.17–0.31. Bna content shows positive correlation with mg#, while BCa content increases with decreasing mg#. All amphiboles similar to biotites are iron rich. They have high Fe/(Fe+Mg) ratios of 0.69–0.75. Their AlIV con- tent ranges from 1.20 to 1.35 and the AlVI values vary be- tween 0.00–0.18. 4.2.3. Feldspars Representative analyses of feldspars are listed in Table 3. Feldspars represent both plagioclase and K-feldspar. Plagi- oclase is mainly albite with composition of Ab86An13Or1 to Ab98An1Or1 (Fig. 4). Zoned plagioclase can not be observed. K-feldspar is orthoclase (Or94-97). Figure 3: Compositional variations of amphiboles from the DAM granites after LEAKE et al. (1997). Figure 4: Plots of Ab vs An vs or compositional diagram (fields from BArK- Er, 1979) for the DAM granitic rocks. Geologia croatica 68/1Geologia Croatica 56 5. MAJOr AND trAcE ELEMENt GEOcHEMIstrY Geochemical data for the major element composition of the DAM granites (two samples) were previously published by STRECKEISEN (1954). MOROGAN et al. (2000) also gave major, trace and REE data of three samples (Table 4). In this study, new analyses for major, trace and REEs include eleven granites. The DAM granites are high in SiO2, Al2O3, FeOt (up to 3.1 wt. %) and alkalis (na2O+K2O=8.2–11.5 wt. %), and gen- erally low in CaO (Table 4). The MgO content of amphibole- bearing granites varies from 0.47 to 0.84. Mg values are very low for all of the samples. The studied granites are mostly al- kaline (Fig. 5A) and strongly peraluminous in composition (ASI>1; Fig. 5B). FeOt, MgO, CaO and TiO2 decrease with increasing SiO2 suggesting the fractionation of amphibole and ilmenite (not shown, Table 4). They may also account for the high Nb concentrations (up to 429 ppm). Decreasing amounts of Al2O3, P2O5 and Zr with increasing SiO2 could be control- led by the early extraction of allanite, apatite and zircon, re- spectively. K2O values are constant with increasing SiO2 as a table 2: representative amphibole compositions of granites from the Ditrău Alkaline Massif, romania. Sample VrG6835 VrG6835 VrG6835 VrG6835 VrG6835 VrG6835 VrG6835 VrG6835 VrG6835 Mineral Fe2-Ed Fe2-Ed Fe2-Hbl Fe2-Ed Fe2-Ed Fe2-Ed Fe2-Hbl Fe2-Ed Fe2-Ed Sio2 42.50 43.09 43.39 42.65 43.34 41.88 42.94 43.38 41.66 tio2 1.70 1.36 1.64 1.30 1.06 1.36 1.74 1.50 1.26 Al2o3 7.91 7.88 7.23 7.22 7.30 7.64 7.77 7.54 8.15 Feot 24.70 25.74 25.24 24.98 24.21 24.27 24.76 24.79 25.40 Feo 20.47 20.05 18.52 21.10 22.08 21.42 17.43 21.43 22.31 Fe2o3 4.69 6.31 7.45 4.30 2.36 3.16 8.14 3.72 3.43 Mno 1.02 1.12 1.20 1.18 1.17 1.24 1.10 0.80 1.17 Mgo 5.70 5.64 6.40 5.96 5.66 5.30 5.99 5.49 4.71 Cao 10.62 10.62 10.24 10.67 10.54 10.24 10.20 10.26 10.67 Na2o 1.69 1.63 1.96 2.23 2.12 2.26 1.10 1.93 1.66 K2o 1.12 1.16 1.06 1.07 1.13 1.05 1.11 0.97 1.45 total 96.96 98.87 98.36 97.26 96.76 95.24 96.71 96.66 96.13 Oxygens 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 tSi 6.64 6.64 6.65 6.68 6.76 6.70 6.64 6.79 6.64 ∑ Al 1.46 1.44 1.30 1.33 1.34 1.44 1.41 1.38 1.53 tAl 1.35 1.28 1.30 1.31 1.23 1.29 1.35 1.20 1.35 CAl 0.11 0.16 0.00 0.02 0.11 0.15 0.06 0.18 0.18 Cti 0.20 0.15 0.18 0.15 0.12 0.16 0.20 0.17 0.15 Fetot 3.22 3.31 3.23 3.26 3.19 3.25 3.19 3.23 3.38 CFe3+ 0.55 0.73 0.86 0.50 0.28 0.38 0.94 0.43 0.41 CMg 1.32 1.31 1.46 1.39 1.31 1.26 1.38 1.28 1.12 CFe2+ 2.67 2.58 2.37 2.76 2.91 2.87 2.25 2.80 2.97 CMn 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.16 0.14 0.10 0.15 BCa 1.78 1.77 1.68 1.79 1.76 1.75 1.69 1.72 1.82 ∑ Na 0.51 0.49 0.57 0.67 0.63 0.69 0.32 0.58 0.50 BNa 0.22 0.22 0.31 0.20 0.23 0.24 0.30 0.27 0.17 ANa 0.29 0.27 0.26 0.47 0.40 0.45 0.02 0.31 0.33 AK 0.22 0.23 0.20 0.21 0.22 0.21 0.21 0.19 0.29 total cat 20.66 20.71 20.52 20.89 20.64 21.00 20.10 20.63 15.77 mg# 0.33 0.34 0.38 0.33 0.31 0.31 0.38 0.31 0.27 Fe/(Fe+Mg) 0.71 0.72 0.69 0.70 0.71 0.72 0.70 0.72 0.75 Fe2-Ed: ferro-edenite; Fe2-Hbl: ferrohornblende; Feotot: total iron; mg# (Mg/(Mg+Fe2+) Pál-Molnár et al.: Geochemical Implications for the magma origin of granitic rocks from the Ditrău Alkaline Massif (Eastern Carpathians, romania) Geologia Croatica 57 ta bl e 3: r ep re se nt at iv e fe ld sp ar c om po si tio ns o f g ra ni te s f ro m th e D itr ău A lk al in e M as si f, ro m an ia . Sa m pl e Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 39 Vr G 68 39 Vr G 68 39 Vr G 68 39 Vr G 68 39 Vr G 68 39 Vr G 68 39 Vr G 68 39 M in er al pl 1 pl 2 pl 3 pl 4 pl 5 m c1 m c2 m c3 m c4 pl 1 pl 2 pl 3 pl 4 pl 5 pl 6 pl 7 pl 8 Si o 2 68 .4 0 67 .0 8 65 .5 0 67 .4 8 65 .8 6 64 .6 2 64 .7 6 64 .1 8 64 .6 7 65 .7 2 64 .2 7 65 .4 2 65 .4 4 66 .1 2 66 .3 8 66 .7 1 65 .8 4 ti o 2 0. 05 0. 17 0. 16 0. 13 0. 01 0. 13 0. 01 0. 28 0. 12 — 0. 10 0. 10 0. 02 0. 02 — 0. 06 0. 01 Al 2o 3 19 .3 9 20 .3 5 20 .9 0 20 .6 2 20 .2 6 16 .9 5 17 .6 7 18 .2 8 17 .3 6 21 .2 3 21 .3 4 21 .0 3 20 .6 8 20 .5 9 20 .9 0 20 .5 8 20 .8 2 Fe o 0. 03 0. 11 0. 36 0. 29 0. 18 0. 28 0. 14 0. 23 0. 03 — 0. 28 — — 0. 13 0. 12 — — M no — 0. 28 0. 10 0. 12 0. 02 0. 04 0. 10 — 0. 18 0. 33 — 0. 18 — — 0. 08 — 0. 09 M go 0. 10 0. 08 0. 16 0. 07 0. 02 0. 17 0. 08 — 0. 01 0. 08 — — — — 0. 02 — 0. 04 Ca o 0. 13 0. 98 2. 23 0. 98 1. 35 0. 05 0. 03 0. 32 0. 13 2. 45 2. 79 2. 39 2. 60 2. 33 1. 67 2. 02 2. 10 N a 2 o 11 .0 7 10 .9 2 10 .2 8 11 .3 0 9. 54 0. 27 0. 26 0. 47 0. 50 9. 84 9. 81 9. 93 9. 44 9. 76 10 .2 5 10 .6 4 9. 99 K 2 o 0. 13 0. 10 0. 15 0. 06 0. 04 16 .5 8 16 .5 2 17 .0 8 16 .8 2 0. 19 0. 15 0. 05 0. 21 0. 15 0. 18 0. 06 0. 15 to ta l 99 .3 0 99 .9 1 99 .8 4 10 0. 67 96 .8 2 99 .0 9 99 .2 1 10 0. 39 98 .9 1 99 .8 4 98 .6 5 99 .0 9 98 .4 2 99 .1 1 99 .6 1 10 0. 06 99 .0 3 O xy ge ns 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Si 3. 00 2. 94 2. 89 2. 93 2. 95 3. 02 3. 01 2. 97 3. 02 2. 89 2. 87 2. 90 2. 91 2. 92 2. 92 2. 92 2. 91 ti 0. 00 0. 01 0. 01 0. 00 0. 00 0. 01 0. 00 0. 01 0. 00 — 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 Al 1. 00 1. 05 1. 08 1. 05 1. 07 0. 93 0. 97 0. 99 0. 95 1. 10 1. 12 1. 10 1. 08 1. 07 1. 08 1. 06 1. 08 Fe 0. 00 0. 00 0. 01 0. 01 0. 01 0. 01 0. 01 0. 01 0. 00 — 0. 01 — — 0. 01 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 M n 0. 00 0. 01 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 01 0. 01 0. 00 0. 01 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 M g 0. 01 0. 01 0. 01 0. 01 0. 00 0. 01 0. 01 0. 00 0. 00 0. 01 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 Ca 0. 01 0. 04 0. 10 0. 04 0. 06 0. 00 0. 00 0. 01 0. 01 0. 11 0. 13 0. 11 0. 12 0. 11 0. 07 0. 09 0. 09 N a 0. 94 0. 92 0. 87 0. 95 0. 82 0. 02 0. 02 0. 04 0. 04 0. 84 0. 85 0. 85 0. 81 0. 83 0. 87 0. 90 0. 85 K 0. 01 — 0. 01 — — 0. 99 0. 98 1. 01 1. 00 0. 01 0. 01 0. 00 0. 01 0. 01 0. 01 - 0. 01 to ta l 4. 96 4. 99 5. 00 5. 00 4. 92 5. 00 4. 99 5. 04 5. 02 4. 97 4. 99 4. 97 4. 95 4. 95 4. 97 4. 99 4. 97 m ol %                                   o r 0. 75 0. 56 0. 84 0. 32 0. 24 97 .3 4 97 .5 3 94 .5 7 95 .6 8 6. 54 0. 86 0. 28 1. 25 0. 89 1. 04 0. 32 0. 88 Ab 98 .6 1 94 .7 4 88 .5 4 95 .1 1 92 .5 2 2. 40 2. 32 3. 94 4. 31 82 .1 6 85 .6 7 88 .0 1 85 .7 0 87 .5 6 90 .7 8 90 .2 1 88 .8 1 An 0. 63 4. 69 10 .6 1 4. 55 7. 22 0. 24 0. 13 1. 48 0. 00 11 .3 0 13 .4 6 11 .7 0 13 .0 4 11 .5 5 8. 16 9. 45 10 .3 2 pl : p la gi oc la se ; m c: m ic ro cl in e Geologia croatica 68/1Geologia Croatica 58 ta bl e 4: W ho le -r oc k an al ys es o f g ra ni te s f ro m th e no rt he rn p ar t o f t he D itr ău A lk al in e M as si f, ro m an ia . Lo ca tio n La po s- bü kk Cr ee k La po s- bü kk Cr ee k La po sb ük k Cr ee k tu rc ul ui Cr ee k tu rc ul ui Cr ee k Cr ea ng ă M ar e Cr ee k Cr ea ng ă M ar e Cr ee k Cr ea ng ă M ar e Cr ee k Ţe ng he le r M ic C re ek H ol oş ag Cr ee k tu rc ul ui Cr ee k H ol oş ag Cr ee k M ag as - bü kk Cr ee k Jo lo tc a Cr ee k Jo lo tc a Cr ee k Jo lo tc a Cr ee k W H A LE N et a l., 19 87 Sa m pl e Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 39 Vr G 68 38 /A Vr G 74 59 Vr G 74 60 Vr G 68 47 Vr G 68 56 Vr G 67 26 Vr G 68 42 Vr G 74 25 /A Vr G 74 58 St rE CK EI SE N , 1 95 4 M o ro G A N e t a l., 2 00 0 av er ag e of 1 48 sa m pl es 1 2 D t 11 4 D t 11 2 D t 13 4 w t. % am ph ib ol e- be ar in g gr an ite s  am ph ib ol e- fre e gr an ite s  gr an ite s gr an ite s Si o 2 71 .7 0 67 .4 67 .4 2 70 .1 2 65 .2 1 77 .1 70 .2 68 .7 3 74 .2 2 78 .4 4 76 .5 4 73 .4 5 71 .2 9 71 .4 7 71 .9 3 74 .2 7 73 .8 1 Al 2o 3 14 .8 6 16 .5 0 16 .0 2 14 .9 9 16 .6 3 13 .3 4 14 .2 7 16 .2 9 14 .3 4 11 .4 4 12 .4 4 14 .0 1 15 .8 7 14 .6 9 14 .6 3 13 .6 5 12 .4 0 ti o 2 0. 40 0. 45 0. 50 0. 17 0. 55 0. 09 0. 16 0. 21 0. 12 0. 11 0. 05 0. 14 0. 60 0. 22 0. 16 0. 11 0. 26 Fe o t 2. 00 3. 06 3. 10 2. 59 3. 48 1. 24 1. 84 2. 12 0. 61 0. 80 1. 20 2. 13 1. 35 1. 83 1. 98 1. 15 — Fe 2o 3 0. 36 0. 53 0. 54 0. 40 0. 53 0. 20 0. 30 0. 35 0. 11 0. 14 0. 18 0. 32 0. 21 0. 31 0. 32 0. 19 1. 24 Fe o 1. 48 2. 28 2. 30 1. 98 2. 65 0. 94 1. 39 1. 59 0. 45 0. 60 0. 92 1. 62 1. 03 1. 37 1. 49 0. 86 1. 58 M go 0. 47 0. 65 0. 84 0. 15 0. 63 0. 13 0. 27 0. 18 0. 17 0. 09 0. 07 0. 00 0. 18 0. 15 0. 17 0. 14 0. 20 M no 0. 06 0. 07 0. 09 0. 14 0. 09 0. 02 0. 08 0. 05 — 0. 02 0. 02 0. 02 0. 01 0. 06 0. 05 0. 03 0. 06 Ca o 0. 77 0. 96 0. 76 0. 25 2. 01 0. 12 0. 29 0. 15 0. 59 0. 24 0. 15 0. 46 0. 10 0. 68 0. 32 0. 18 0. 75 N a 2 o 4. 59 5. 02 5. 94 6. 17 4. 74 4. 67 4. 41 5. 88 4. 30 2. 79 3. 75 5. 95 5. 05 4. 53 4. 68 4. 07 4. 07 K 2 o 4. 74 5. 28 3. 97 4. 48 5. 55 4. 59 5. 32 5. 58 4. 90 5. 42 5. 21 3. 67 4. 96 5. 17 5. 25 5. 51 4. 65 P 2 o 5 — — 0. 14 0. 02 0. 16 — — 0. 05 0. 07 0. 05 0. 01 0. 08 — 0. 04 0. 02 0. 09 0. 04 to ta l 10 1. 43 10 2. 20 10 1. 62 99 .9 2 99 .7 5 10 2. 44 98 .5 3 10 1. 18 99 .8 8 10 0. 14 99 .5 0 10 1. 85 10 0. 65 10 0. 52 10 1. 00 10 0. 25 99 .0 6 A /N K 1. 6 1. 6 1. 6 1. 4 1. 6 1. 4 1. 5 1. 4 1. 6 1. 4 1. 4 1. 5 1. 6 1. 5 1. 5 1. 4 1. 4 N K/ A 0. 6 0. 6 0. 6 0. 7 0. 6 0. 7 0. 7 0. 7 0. 6 0. 7 0. 7 0. 7 0. 6 0. 7 0. 7 0. 7 0. 7 A /C N K 1. 47 1. 47 1. 50 1. 38 1. 35 1. 42 1. 42 1. 40 1. 46 1. 35 1. 37 1. 39 1. 57 1. 42 1. 43 1. 40 1. 31 M g# 19 .0 17 .5 21 .3 5. 5 15 .3 9. 5 12 .8 7. 8 21 .8 10 .1 5. 5 0. 0 11 .8 7. 6 7. 9 10 .9 — M g# (1 00 (M go /M go +F eo )); A /N K: A l 2o 3/ (N a 2 o +K 2o ); N K/ A : ( N a 2 o +K 2o )/ Al 2o 3; A /C N K: A l/( Ca +N a+ K) Pál-Molnár et al.: Geochemical Implications for the magma origin of granitic rocks from the Ditrău Alkaline Massif (Eastern Carpathians, romania) Geologia Croatica 59 ta bl e 4. (c on tin ue d) Lo ca tio n La po sb ük k Cr ee k La po sb ük k Cr ee k La po sb ük k Cr ee k tu rc ul ui Cr ee k tu rc ul ui Cr ee k Cr ea ng ă M ar e Cr ee k Cr ea ng ă M ar e Cr ee k Cr ea ng ă M ar e Cr ee k Ţe ng he le r M ic C re ek H ol oş ag Cr ee k tu rc ul ui Cr ee k Jo lo tc a Cr ee k Jo lo tc a Cr ee k Jo lo tc a Cr ee k W H A LE N e t al .,1 98 7 Sa m pl e Vr G 68 35 Vr G 68 39 Vr G 68 38 /A Vr G 74 59 Vr G 74 60 Vr G 68 47 Vr G 68 56 Vr G 67 26 Vr G 68 42 Vr G 74 25 /A Vr G 74 58 M o ro G A N e t a l., 2 00 0 av er ag e of 1 48 sa m pl es D t 11 4 D t 11 2 D t 13 4 pp m am ph ib ol e- be ar in g gr an ite s am ph ib ol e- fre e gr an ite s gr an ite s Be 6. 45 2. 9 2 2. 00 6. 00 6. 1 4. 5 11 3 3 5. 00 — — — — Sc 1. 8 3. 6 3 1. 00 2. 00 0. 4 1. 5 1 2 1 1. 00 0. 1 2. 3 7. 0 4 V 13 23 .5 29 12 .0 0 22 .0 0 2 5. 5 — — <8 8. 00 11 .0 7. 0 9. 0 6 Cr 4. 14 13 — — — 4 17 — — — — 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 — Co 4. 17 5. 02 3 1. 10 3. 90 6. 2 7. 05 0. 8 1. 2 0. 9 0. 80 — — — — N i 4. 1 11 .9 2. 8 1. 90 2. 90 4. 7 9. 4 1. 3 3 0. 6 2. 80 2. 0 2. 0 3. 0 <1 Cu 33 16 2. 7 3. 70 3. 80 15 20 3. 5 1. 7 3. 2 5. 10 2. 0 0. 0 0. 0 2 zn 34 2. 5 77 27 .0 0 48 .0 0 21 49 .5 5 92 10 17 11 .0 0 29 .0 42 .0 13 .0 12 0 Sr 17 3 23 0 25 0 52 .7 0 54 4. 30 13 43 52 .9 95 .3 10 2. 8 32 .6 0 86 .0 42 .0 24 .0 48 Ba 29 3 43 3 49 3 10 2. 00 81 6. 00 32 18 0 11 0 17 4 22 2 61 .0 0 15 4. 0 11 3. 0 13 3. 0 35 2 rb 44 4 31 8 87 .4 14 7. 80 17 8. 30 10 05 40 3 25 0. 6 17 0. 1 23 4. 9 25 6. 40 15 2. 0 15 4. 0 30 9. 0 16 9 zr 24 1 30 6 37 5. 1 28 2. 30 34 4. 30 14 0 69 0 51 0. 8 25 3. 1 12 4. 6 13 8. 90 34 8. 0 36 0. 0 13 9. 0 52 8 Pb 7 10 .5 4. 1 2. 90 6. 30 17 .4 3. 9 6. 7 2. 6 6 6. 30 8. 7 14 .0 17 .0 24 th — — 28 .8 17 .1 0 22 .2 0 — — 28 .2 38 .8 26 .4 42 .9 0 28 .0 30 .0 15 .0 23 U — — 2. 4 3. 40 3. 60 — — 6 4. 8 2. 6 11 .1 0 — — — 5 N b 73 82 95 .2 10 9. 90 71 .9 0 42 9 14 7 10 3. 6 39 .2 53 .5 15 8. 90 97 .0 89 .0 50 .0 37 ta — — 5. 2 6. 00 5. 20 — — 4. 2 2. 6 3. 5 10 .6 0 5. 3 3. 9 2. 0 — Y 13 .5 18 .5 24 .9 12 .5 0 22 .0 0 19 18 .5 13 .5 34 .5 11 .3 22 .6 0 17 .0 20 .0 25 .0 75 H f 1. 8 2. 6 9. 2 7. 50 7. 70 5. 8 19 11 .9 7. 5 3. 4 5. 80 — — — — M o — — 0. 1 0. 60 1. 60 5. 1 4. 2 0. 4 0. 3 0. 2 0. 50 — — — — La 37 .8 60 .2 89 .1 30 .8 0 41 .3 0 — 11 2. 5 78 .3 66 .8 49 .5 23 .7 0 71 .0 12 0. 0 25 .0 — Ce 70 .6 12 1. 6 17 6. 5 94 .3 0 90 .2 0 38 .1 28 1. 4 17 1. 6 11 3. 9 83 .9 40 .4 0 13 2. 0 18 9. 0 43 .0 13 7 Pr — — 14 .7 5 6. 00 7. 95 — — 12 .7 9 10 .8 7 8. 04 4. 40 — 21 .0 4. 3 — N d 14 .5 25 .5 46 .8 19 .3 0 28 .5 0 5. 5 38 .5 39 .9 34 .1 24 .3 15 .3 0 33 .0 61 .0 13 .0 — Sm 5. 1 7. 6 7. 65 3. 50 5. 37 4. 8 11 .5 5. 84 6. 08 3. 86 3. 93 — 8. 6 3. 1 — Eu 0. 6 1. 05 1. 4 0. 23 1. 49 0. 2 0. 6 0. 48 0. 79 0. 49 0. 19 — 0. 6 0. 3 — G a 20 .0 5 23 .1 21 .1 25 .1 0 22 .2 0 26 .5 29 .2 25 .3 18 .8 18 .4 22 .5 0 — — — 24 .6 G d 4. 6 7. 3 5. 53 2. 77 4. 50 3. 6 8. 9 4. 39 4. 96 2. 87 3. 70 — 5. 2 3. 3 — tb — — 0. 82 0. 43 0. 70 — — 0. 56 0. 88 0. 43 0. 71 — — H o — — 0. 85 0. 45 0. 70 — — 0. 49 1. 07 0. 37 0. 83 — 0. 7 0. 8 — Er — — 2. 52 1. 33 1. 87 — — 1. 46 3. 3 0. 98 2. 26 — — — — tm — — 0. 38 0. 24 0. 30 — — 0. 24 0. 53 0. 15 0. 37 — — — — D y 2. 3 3. 5 4. 66 2. 49 3. 91 3. 5 3. 4 2. 91 4. 79 2. 17 4. 42 — 3. 6 3. 7 — Yb 1. 3 1. 7 2. 2 1. 75 1. 94 2 2. 1 1. 61 3. 57 1. 07 2. 26 — 2. 0 2. 4 — Lu — — 0. 35 0. 27 0. 30 — — 0. 28 0. 55 0. 14 0. 31 — — — — Σr EE 15 6. 9 25 1. 6 37 4. 6 18 9. 0 21 1. 2 84 .2 48 8. 1 34 6. 2 27 1. 0 19 6. 7 12 5. 3 23 6. 0 41 1. 7 98 .9 — Geologia croatica 68/1Geologia Croatica 60 result of continuous K-feldspar fractionation during differen- tiation, but Na2O has a slight negative correlation with SiO2 from 70 w. %,, consistent with the late stage of albite crystal- lization (not shown, Table 4). Ce increases up to an SiO2 con- tent of about 70 w. % and then decreases in the granites, sug- gesting later fractionation of monazite. V shows the same pattern as TiO2 due to ilmenite fractionation (not shown, Ta- ble 4). Amphibole-bearing granites own higher Sr (up to 544ppm) and Ba (up to 816 ppm) contents than the amphib- ole-free varieties (Sr < 103ppm, Ba < 222ppm). Primitive mantle-normalized granites display strong negative Ba, Sr and eu anomalies (eu/eu* = 0.15–0.66) (Fig. 6A). The primitive mantle-normalized REE (Fig. 6B) pat- terns show strong enrichment in lRee and significant frac- tionation of HREE with an (La/Yb)N ratio of 13–38 (Table 4). The (La/Yb)N ratios are influenced by the enrichment of HREE. The rocks have high MREE content, especially Sm and Gd. Ba, Sr, Zr, and Sc decrease with increasing SiO2 (not shown, Table 4). The Y/Nb ratios are up to 0.88. 6. DIscUssION 6.1. Mantle source and geodynamic implications Many types of granitoid classification have been proposed in the literature. These classifications divide granitoids mostly on the basis of their petrography (e.g. PUPIN, 1980; LAMEYRE & BOWDEN, 1982; NACHIT et al., 1985; TISCHENDORF & PALCHEN, 1985), geochemistry (CHAPELL & WHITE, 1974; PUPIN, 1980; COLLINS et al., 1982; PEARCE et al., 1984; WHALEN et al., 1987) and tectonic environment (PITCHER, 1983). Essentially all of these classifications broadly correspond to the three possible sources of granitoids: crustal, mantle-derived and mixed (BARBARIN, 1990). The petrogenetic model developed for granitoid rocks by LOISELLE & WONES (1979) and WHITE & CHAPELL (1983) contain four types of granit- oids (S, I-, M-, and A-type) which also overlap with the crustal, mantle-derived and mixed origin of granitoids. The A-type granitoids occur along rift zones (LOISELLE & Figure 5: Standard discrimination diagrams showing that the DAM granites are alkaline and strongly peraluminous. (A) A.r. vs Sio2 diagram where A.r. (alkalinity ratio)=[Al2o3+Cao+(Na2o+K2o)] /[Al2o3+Cao–(Na2o+K2o)] (wt.% ratio). Compositional fields are from WrIGHt (1969) and MANIAr & PIC- CoLI (1982). (b) A/NK vs A/CNK diagram for the DAM granitic rocks. Figure 6: Plots of (A) trace element and (b) rare-earth element abundances normalised to primitive mantle (SUN & MCDoNoUGH, 1989) for the DAM granites. Pál-Molnár et al.: Geochemical Implications for the magma origin of granitic rocks from the Ditrău Alkaline Massif (Eastern Carpathians, romania) Geologia Croatica 61 WONES, 1979). According to WHALEN et al. (1987) A- type granites can be separated from I- and S-type granites based on their Ga/Al ratios and the fractionation of acces- sory phases. The average composition of A-type granites (WHALEN et al., 1987) is also presented in Table 4. The DAM granites exhibit high Zr+nb+Ce+Y content (>350 ppm) and Ga/Al ratios indicating A-type characteris- tics of the rocks (Fig. 7). Furthermore, the DAM granites fulfil the compositional criteria (LOISELLE & WONES, 1979; WHALEN et al., 1987) for identifying them as A-type granites with high concentrations of SiO2, Na2O+K2O, Zr, Nb, Ga, Y, Ce and Fe/Mg ratios, and low CaO, Sr and Ba contents (Table 4). As suggested by several authors A-type granites can be formed in different ways (COLLINS et al., 1982; WHALEN et al., 1987; EBY, 1990; FROST & FROST, 1997; BONIN, 2007). Generally, models for the petrogenesis of A-type mag- mas are as follows: (1) Fractionation of mantle-derived ba- saltic magmas (EBY, 1990; BONIN, 2007); (2) mantle-de- rived magmas may assimilate crustal material during their ascent to produce a syenitic derivative that fractionates to a granitic composition (POITRASSON et al., 1995; BARTH, 1945); (3) this syenitic magma can also form granite with a mixed source characteristic due to further assimilation (BARKER et al., 1975); (4) melting of crustal material, namely low degrees of partial melting of granulite that were depleted in incompatible elements by previous melt extrac- tion (WHALEN et al., 1987; COLLINS et al., 1982). EBY (1992) subdivided anorogenic A-type granitoids into two groups: A1-type granites (Y/Nb<1.2) representing a mantle differentiate of continental rift-related and other intraplate environments, whilst A2-type granites (Y/Nb>1.2) derived from melting of underplated continental crust em- placed in a variety of tectonic environments (e.g. back-arcs, collision, post-collision and transcurrent faults etc.). The studied granites have low Y/Nb ratio of 0.04-0.88 suggest- ing within-plate A1-type characteristics (Fig. 8A) and em- placement in an extensional environment (Fig. 8B). This also implies that they are mantle differentiates with sources cor- responding to OIB (Fig. 9). Figure 7: Discrimination diagrams (A) (K2o+Na2o)/Cao vs zr+Nb+Ce+Y and (b) Nb vs 10000*Ga/Al after WHALEN et al. (1987) for the DAM granites. oFG: unfractionated S-, M- and I-type granitoids; FG: fractionated S-, M- and I-type granitoids. Figure 8: Plots of incompatible trace elements (A) Nb vs Y vs 3Ga distribution for subdivision of A-type granites following EBY (1992) for the DAM gran- ites. (b) rb vs Y+Nb diagram after PEArCE et al. (1984) for granites from the DAM. Geologia croatica 68/1Geologia Croatica 62 The studied rocks are predominantly ferroan granites (Table 4). According to FROST & LINDSLEY (1991) re- duced basaltic rocks from extensional environments could undergo Fe-enrichment or reduction through differentiation, whereas the relatively oxidized arc basaltic rocks could not. This implies that the DAM granites originated from a re- duced basaltic compositional source. According to FROST & FROST (2011) ferroan granitoids are principally peralka- line and metaluminous, however there are also ferroan gran- ites with a peraluminous nature. The ferroan alkali granitoids with a peraluminous component, like the studied rocks, can occur owing to the greater amount of felsic crust assimila- tion compared to metaluminous granitoids (FROST & FROST, 2011). 6.2. Geobarometry Amphibole composition in plutonic rocks is commonly ap- plied to determine the pressure of the crystallization and so- lidification of the pluton that can be used to determine the depth of the magma emplacement (e.g. VYHNAL & MC- SWEEN, 1990; ZHANG et al. 2006; STEIN & DIETL, 2001; PAPOUTSA & PE-PIPER, 2014). After empirical no- tification of the Al in amphibole barometer by HAMMAR- STROM & ZEN (1986) and HOLLISTER et al. (1987), ex- perimental studies (e.g. JOHNSON & RUTHERFORD, 1989a, b; THOMAS & ERNST, 1990; SCHMIDT, 1992) also confirmed that the Al content of the amphibole can in- dicate the pressure of its crystallization. These studies found that the Al content of the amphibole increases with increas- ing pressure due to the Tschermak substitution Si + R2+ = AlIV + AlVI. However, it is important to note that the com- position of amphibole is sensitive for several parameters in- cluding the intensive parameters (p, T, fO2, fH2O), the co- crystallizing phases and the equilibrium melt composition. Thus, amphibole can be used as a barometer if the thermo- dynamic degrees of freedom can be reduced. Several criteria have to be met for accurate barometric calculations. The em- pirical studies indicate that a requisite mineral assemblage is necessary for hornblende barometry including quartz, pla- gioclase, K-feldspar, biotite, hornblende, Fe-Ti oxide and titanite, to buffer the amphibole composition (HOLLISTER et al., 1987; HAMMARSTROM & ZEN, 1986; ANDER- SON & SMITH, 1995). The barometer has been calibrated experimentally for the assemblage quartz + plagioclase + K- feldspar + biotite + hornblende + Fe-Ti oxide + titanite + melt + fluid (JOHNSON & RUTHERFORD, 1989a, b; THOMAS & ERNST, 1990; SCHMIDT, 1992). excluding titanite, all of these minerals can be found in the studied granites. The role of titanite is unknown but the study of AN- DERSON & SMITH (1995) did not find any correlation be- tween the presence or absence of this phase and the calcu- lated pressure. They concluded that either the activity of titanite was at a level sufficiently close to saturation so as to buffer Al content in hornblende or not significantly affect the equilibria. Titanite is sensitive for the oxygen-fugacity and was stable in high fO2 experiments of JOHNSON & RUTH- ERFORD (1989a). The high Fe/(Fe+Mg) and low Fe3+/ (Fe3++Fe2+) ratio of the studied amphiboles suggest an in- termediate/low fO2 for the crystallization condition of their host granite using the criteria of ANDERSON & SMITH (1995). Maybe the oxygen-fugacity was too low to stabilize titanite during the crystallization of the studied granites. ANDERSON & SMITH (1995) found that amphiboles with an Fe/(Fe+Mg) ratio higher than 0.6 yield anomalously higher pressures for proterozoic anorogenic granites than the former barometric constraints when the Al-in-amphibole bar- ometry was applied. According to the experiments of SCHMIDT (1993) Tschermak substitution preferentially re- moves Mg from the M2 site instead of Fe. ANDERSON & SMITH (1995) suggested that the low fO2 during crystalli- zation of these anorogenic granite magmas lowered the Mg content of the amphiboles relative to Fe2+ and forced Tsch- ermak substitution. This also accompanied Fe3+ - AlVI ex- change due to the low Fe3+ relative to total Fe. Thus the higher Fe/Mg and low Fe3+/(Fe3++Fe2+) ratio of the amphi- boles may be related to the low fO2 during crystallization of those anorogenic granites which resulted in the elevated Al content and the overestimation of the crystallization pres- sure. The amphiboles of the present study are characterized typically by low Fe3+/(Fe3++Fe2+) (0.17±0.07) and high Fe/ (Fe+Mg) (0.71±0.02) suggesting that the pressure values ob- Figure 9: rare earth and incompatible trace element ratios for the DAM granites: (A) Yb/ta vs Y/Nb and (b) Ce/Nb vs Y/Nb . Fields for A1, A2, oIB and IAB are after EBY (1992). Pál-Molnár et al.: Geochemical Implications for the magma origin of granitic rocks from the Ditrău Alkaline Massif (Eastern Carpathians, romania) Geologia Croatica 63 tained from Al in amphibole barometry can be viewed as a maximum. Temperature can also affect the calculated pressure value through the edenite exchange that also increases the Al con- tent of the amphibole. To eliminate the influence of temper- ature, the recalibration of ANDERSON & SMITH (1995) has been used which enables pressure calculations for igne- ous amphiboles that have been affected by the edenite sub- stitution. HOLLISTER et al. (1987) suggested that the composi- tion of the coexisting plagioclase should be in the range of An25-35 because the tschermak substitution is governed by a reaction involving 2 quartz + 2 anorthite + biotit = tscher- makite + orthoclase. According to this reaction HOLLISTER et al. (1987) suggested that low anorthite content of the pla- gioclase lowers the Al content of the amphibole. On the other hand HUMPHREYS et al. (2006) suggested that the plagi- oclase composition has a reverse effect on the Al content of amphibole due to the edenite + albite = richterite + anortite reaction (HOLLAND & BLUNDY, 1994). Thus, a higher An content of the plagioclase lowers the Al content of am- phibole. The effect of the plagioclase composition on the Al content of amphibole is unclear, but it should be taken into account because in the studied samples it falls out of the op- timal range (An = 11 mol%). For the pressure calculation we used the spreadsheet of ANDERSON et al. (2008) (RiM69_Ch04_hbld_plag_ thermo-jla.xls). This spreadsheet calculates pressure based on the Al in amphibole barometer using the ANDERSON & SMITH (1995) equation and temperature based on the am- phibole-plagioclase thermometer (HOLLAND & BLUNDY, 1994; BLUNDY & HOLLAND, 1990). We used the “pre- ferred” pressure values based on thermometer B of HOL- LAND & BLUNDY (1994), taking into account the study of ANDERSON (1996). The calculated pressure value is 370 ± 40 MPa that corresponds to 14.1 ± 1.5 km depth using 2700 g/cm3 value for crustal density. As previously mentioned, above this pressure and depth, values can be interpreted as a maximum due to the higher Fe/Mg ratio of the studied am- phiboles, however PAPOUTSA & PE-PIPER (2014) indi- cated that amphiboles that have a higher Fe/Mg ratio than the recommended value may also give reasonable pressure values. The other factor that may lower the accuracy of our result comes from the Ab-rich composition of the plagi- oclase, but the effect of this is not easy to quantitatively de- termine because of the opposite view of the effect of plagi- oclase composition on the Al content of amphibole. The calcic amphiboles are not stable below ~100 MPa pressure according to experimental studies (e.g. RUTHER- FORD & DEVINE, 2003, 2008). We conclude that the stud- ied granites were emplaced at middle or upper crustal levels at ~14 km depth or shallower, but deeper than the ~4 km sta- bility depth of calcic amphiboles. 6.3. Fractional crystallization Geochemical characteristics of the DAM granites indicate that they have formed as a result of strong fractional crystal- lization. The distribution of whole-rock major and trace ele- ments (Fig. 6, Table 4) together with the petrographic obser- vations suggest the fractionation of calcic amphibole, ilmenite, allanite, apatite and zircon in the early stage of evo- lution of the studied granites. During this stage, Ce increases and starts to decrease from SiO2 70 w%, which indicates crystallization of monazite. While K-feldspar crystallized continuously during differentiation, albite is a late stage product of the evolution. The fact that LREE are enriched compared to HREE in- dicates a fractionation between these elements. The presence of concave-up curvature in the pattern of HRee may reflect either HRee-rich fluid interaction or accumulation of zircon crystals (EBY et al., 1998). Since the most common accessory constituent is zircon, the most likely explanation for the up- ward HREE patterns is the zircon accumulation. The studied rocks show significant negative Ba, Sr and eu anomalies (Fig. 6A). Plagioclase and amphibole fractionation produce nega- tive Sr and Eu anomalies, whereas K-feldspar precipitation is responsible for the negative Ba anomaly (WU et al., 2002). According to ARSLAN & ASLAN (2006) the negative Ba anomaly may be considered as evidence of high temperature feldspar fractionation rather than biotite precipitation. Figure 6 shows that amphibole-bearing granite is distinct for Eu, Ba, and Sr due to its smaller negative anomaly. The high content of Sm and Gd may reflect the early precipitation of perthitic feldspar (BOWDEN & WHITELY, 1974), or crystallization of hornblende (KOCHHAR, 2000), while the Th anomaly is due to the presence of monazite and allanite. 7. cONcLUsIONs Beside a series of alkaline igneous rocks, a granite body also crops out in the DAM. New whole-rock and mineral chem- ical data on the granites, together with the petrographic ob- servations suggest the following implications. (1) DAM granites are mostly alkaline and strongly per- aluminous in composition. They are A-type granites with intra-plate A1-type characteristics indicated by their high Zr, Nb, Ga, Ce and Y content and Ga/Al and Fe/Mg ratios, and by their low CaO, Sr and Ba contents and Y/Nb ratios. (2) The A1-type nature implies that the studied granites are mantle differentiates with sources corresponding to OIB and extensional environment. (3) The studied granites were probably emplaced at mid- dle or upper crustal levels at about 14 km depth or shallower, but deeper than the ~4 km stability depth of calcic amphib- oles indicated by the calculated crystallization pressure of 370 ± 40 MPa. (4) Magmatic evolution of granites was mainly control- led by fractionation of calcic amphibole, ilmenite, allanite, apatite and zircon in the early stage and monazite and albite in a later stage of evolution. K-feldspar crystallized continu- ously during differentiation. (5) Amphibole-bearing granites differ from the amphi- bole-free varieties in their lower Sr, Eu and Ba anomalies which suggests their less fractionated character. Geologia croatica 68/1Geologia Croatica 64 These observations confirm the mantle origin of the DAM granites from a parental mafic magma together with fractional crystallization processes as assumed previously by MOROGAN et al. (2000) and PáL-MOLNáR (2000). 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