Reply to: Comment by Aftabi and Atapour on « Arc magmatism and subduction history beneath the Zagros Mountains, Iran: A new report of adakites and geodynamic consequences

We herein answer the comments by Aftabi and Atapour to our paper entitled “Arc magmatism and subduction history beneath the Zagros Mountains, Iran: A new report of adakites and geodynamic consequences”. We show that their criticism rests on rather weak grounds and numerous contradictions. We reasses...

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Published in:Lithos 2009-12, Vol.113 (3-4), p.847-849
Main Authors: Omrani, Jafar, Agard, Philippe, Whitechurch, Hubert, Benoit, Mathieu, Prouteau, Gaëlle, Jolivet, Laurent
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adakites
Arc magmatism
Earth Sciences
Sciences of the Universe
Slab break-off
Subduction
Zagros
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Summary:We herein answer the comments by Aftabi and Atapour to our paper entitled “Arc magmatism and subduction history beneath the Zagros Mountains, Iran: A new report of adakites and geodynamic consequences”. We show that their criticism rests on rather weak grounds and numerous contradictions. We reassess the validity of our analytical results and stress the lack of alteration in our adakitic samples. We further discuss the interpretation of our findings, in particular the fact that the distribution of these adakites is not random in the Urumieh–Dokhtar magmatic arc, neither in space nor time (being restricted to the central part and to Upper Miocene to younger rocks). Finally, we point out that Aftabi and Atapour even somewhat support our model when they suggest “slab break-off (as a cause) for the Miocene–Pliocene adakitic rocks”.
ISSN:0024-4937
1872-6143
DOI:10.1016/j.lithos.2009.04.012