Rosenbaum, G., Lister, G. S. and Duboz, C. 2002. Reconstruction of the tectonic evolution of the western Mediterranean since the Oligocene . In: Rosenbaum, G. and Lister, G. S. 2002. Reconstruction of the evolution of the Alpine-Himalayan orogeny. Journal of the Virtual Explorer, 8, 107-130.
Reconstruction of the tectonic evolution of the
western Mediterranean since the Oligocene
Appendix 2 . Summary of calc alkaline volcanic rocks in the western Mediterranean. References are: [1] (Bellon 1981) ; [2] (Marti et al. 1992) ; [3] (Savelli 1988) and references therein; [4] (Maury et al. 2000) and references therein; [5] (Fourcade et al. 2001) ; [6] (Lonergan & White 1997) and references therein; [7] (Zeck et al. 2000) ; [8] (El Bakkali et al. 1998) ; [9] (Serri et al. 1993) ; [10] (Argnani & Savelli 1999) ; [11] (Savelli 2000)

Locality

Type

Age (Ma)

Reference

Ligurian/Valencia region

Provence

33-20

1

Valencia Trough

Dacites and rheolites

24-18.6

2

North Africa

Cap Bougaroun, northeast Algeria

High K microgranites and rhyolites

16.4-15.2

4,5

Bejaia-Amizour, north Algeria

Shoshonitic granitoids

16.2-15.3

4

Beni Touffout, northeast Algeria

High K granodiorites and monzogranites

16.2

4,5

Algérios

High K granitoids

16-13.9

4

Cap de Fer Edough, northeast Algeria

High K granitoids

15.9-15.1

4

El Aouana, northeast Algeria

Medium K dacites

15.9-14.5

4

Filfila, northeast Algeria

Shoshonitic syenogranitic

15.3

4,5

La Galite Island, Northern Tunisia

High K granitoids

14.2-10

4

Cherchell, north Algeria

K rich alkaline G

13-11

4

Nefza, Northwest Tunisia

Shoshonitic dacites

12.9-8.2

4

Alboran region

Alboran

Rhyolites and andesites

18-7

6

Oran, NW Algeria

High-K andesites

11.7-7.5

4

Cabo de Gata, Southern Spain

Pyroxene andesite, dacites, rhyolites

12-10.5

7

Ras Taraf, NE Morocco

Andesites, rhyolites

13.1-12

8

Troi Fourches, NE Morocco

Shoshonitic andesites

6.6-5.4

4

Sardinia

Sardinia

Andesites and rhyolites

32-13

3

Tyrrhenian region

Capraia, Northern Tyrrhenian

High-K andesites, dacites

8.5-6.5

3

Montecristo, Northern Tyrrhenian

Cordierite monzogranites

7.3

9

Vercelli seamount, Central Tyrrhenian

Monzogranites

7.2

9

Mt. Capanne, Elba, Northern Tyrrhenian

Granodiorite, monzogranites

6.8-6.2

9

Ponza, central southern Tyrrhenian

Rhyolites

5-2

10

Anchise, central Southern Tyrrhenian

Shoshonitic baslats and dacites

5-2

3,10

Campiglia, Northern Apennines

Monzogranites, syenogranites

?

Porto Azzurro, Elba, Northern Tyrrhenian

Cordierite monzogranites

5.1

9

Giglio, Northern Tyrrhenian

Cordierite monzogranites

5.1

9

San Vincenzo, Northern Apennines

Cordierite rhyolites

4.7

9

Capraia, Northern Tyrrhenian

High-K andesites, dacites, rhyolites

4.6-3.5

9

Gavorrano, Northern Apennines

Cordierite monzogranites, syenogranites

4.4

9

Castel di Pietra, Northern Apennines

Monzogranites, syenogranites

4.3

9

Monteverdi, Northern Apennines

Cordierite monzogranites

3.8

9

 Tolfa

Trachydacites and rhyolites

3.8-2.3

11

Manziana

Rhyolites

3.6

9

Roccastrada

Cordierite rhyolites

2.5-2.2

9

Cerite

Rhyolites

2.4

9

Marsili seamount

High-K calc-alkaline andesites

<1.3

3

Aeolian Islands

Andesites

1-0

3