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Dolomitization patterns in Jurassic-Cretaceous dissolution-collapse breccias of Mainalon Mountain (Tripolis Unit, Central Peloponnesus-Greece)

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Along the Jurassic-Cretaceous dolomitic beds of the Tripolis Unit in the Mainalon Mt. and the surrounding areas, products of a widespread breccias have been recognized. This brecciation extended through at least two stages, early- and late diagenetic, respectively. The first brecciation stage is considered to have taken place penecontemporaneously or soon after the deposition related with desiccation processes and/or small-scale dissolution of evaporites. The second brecciation stage is considered to have taken place after lithification, and resulted from evaporite solution-collapse processes. Evidence for vanished evaporites consists of pseudomorphs after evaporite crystals-of replacement- and void- filling orgin-nodules and rosettes, as well as doubly terminated megaquartz crystals.

Dolomitization patterns include six dolomitic types, corresponding to different stages during the diagenetic evolution of the formation. Type-1 dolomite constitutes the matrix dolomite and results by replacement of precursor calcium-carbonate facies or a combination of replacement and direct precipitation. Type-2 dolomite has been introduced mechanically after the first brecciation. Type-3 dolomite is considered to represent a diagenetic replacement dolomite resulting after slight burial. Type-4 dolomite constitutes the first cement generation of the breccias and frequently shows the characteristic crystallographic-optical features of preexisting void-filling evaporties. The last dolomitizing events are represented by the Type-5 dolomite replacing a late-stage sparry calcite and Type-6 dolomite replacing microcrystalline quartz pseudomorphs after evaporites. Preserved traces of textural characteristic include cryptalgal laminites, mudstones with pseudomorphs after evaporites, and foraminiferal wackestones, suggesting deposition in peritidal environment.

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Papaioanou, F.P., Carotsieris, Z. Dolomitization patterns in Jurassic-Cretaceous dissolution-collapse breccias of Mainalon Mountain (Tripolis Unit, Central Peloponnesus-Greece). Carbonates Evaporites 8, 9–22 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03175159

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