BLUESCHIST RELICS IN THE MESOZOIC COVER SERIES OF THE MENDERES MASSIFAND CORRELATIONS WITH SAMOS ISLAND, CYCLADES

In the western part of the Menderes Massif, Selcuk-Dilek Peninsula, re lies of Tertiary HP metamorphism under epidote-blueschist facies condi tions were recognized in the Mesozoic cover series. This subduction-re lated high-pressure metamorphism, with temperature of less than 470 de grees C and minimum pressure of about 10 kbar, was subsequently follow ed by a Barrovian-type overprint under greenschist facies conditions d uring Late Eocene/Early Oligocene. Based on the lithostratigraphy and the two-fold Tertiary metamorphism, the Mesozoic cover series in this area can be correlated with the Vourliutes unit on Samos Island, belon ging to the Cycladic Crystalline Complex.