Diversity of ophiolitic plagiogranites: The Albanian example

Plagiogranites are relatively abundant in the NE part of the Albanian ophiolite belt. They are commonly associated with subvolcanic and volcanic rocks (low Ti basalts, andesites, dacites and boninites). The study of the Shemri and the Kimez units illustrates their variety: these leucocratic plutonic rocks reflect the diversity of the magmatic processes involved in the development of oceanic lithospheres near subduction zones.