The granitoids of the Moldanubian Batholith (Moldanubian Zone of the Bohemian Massif) are represented by three main suites: I-to I/S-type Weinsberg biotite granites-granodiorites, S-type Eisgarn two-mica granites and I/S-type Freistadt biotite granites-granodiorites. As shown by major-element data and zircon with monazite saturation thermometry, partial melting of metapelites likely produced most of the Eisgarn suite (Mrákotín/Číměř varieties) at c. 775-825 ºC. Parental melts of the Weinsberg and Freistadt suites could have been generated by partial melting of a metagreywackes-metabasalts mixture at c. 740-940 ºC. This study confirms that the CaO/Na 2 O ratio could be used for source assignment of S-type granite melts, whereas the CaO/(FeO + MgO + TiO 2 ) ratio is more suitable for I/S-type granites. The observed systematic positive shift of Al 2 O 3 / TiO 2 temperatures compared with zircon and monazite saturation temperatures in all granitoids of the Moldanubian Batholith (up to 118 ºC) may be explained by accumulation of ilmenite in the S-type Eisgarn suite. In the I-and I/S--granite types of the Weinsberg and Freistadt suites the Al 2 O 3 /TiO 2 ratio is controlled by the accumulation of ilmenite and/or titanite. Consequently, the Al 2 O 3 /TiO 2 ratio may be used as a thermometer only with caution. : granites, petrology, geochemistry, Moldanubian Zone, Bohemian Massif Received: 12 April, 2016; accepted: 3 January, 2017; handling editor: J. Žák The online version of this article (doi: 10.3190/jgeosci.223) contains supplementary electronic material.
Keywordsthe majority of the Eisgarn suite at temperatures ranging from 770 to 830 ºC. Melts of the Weinsberg and Freistadt suites were generated by partial melting of a mixture of metagreywackes and metabasalts at temperatures in the range of 740-940 ºC.