M Sheibi; M Pooralizadeh Moghadam
Abstract
Panj-Kuh granitoid intrusion with an area of 15 Km2 is intruded into the Eocene volcano-sedimentary sequence, in south-east of Damghan city. Syenite is the main composition of the pluton. It has converted to monzonite wherever subjected to sodic-calcic alteration. The presence of albite-scapolite veins ...
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Panj-Kuh granitoid intrusion with an area of 15 Km2 is intruded into the Eocene volcano-sedimentary sequence, in south-east of Damghan city. Syenite is the main composition of the pluton. It has converted to monzonite wherever subjected to sodic-calcic alteration. The presence of albite-scapolite veins (from mm to some hundred meters in width) are the main evidences of the Na-Ca alteration in the mentioned pluton. Present study investigates the result of magnetic fabric in the Panj-Kuh pluton and defines the emplacement mechanism according to the lineation and foliation patterns and microstructural observations. The pluton belongs to the ferromagnetic granites due to high mean bulk magnetic susceptibility (Km>400mSI) and presence of magnetite. The highest anisotropy values were observed in the regions with high deformation. High plunging lineation and foliations associated with negative value of shape parameter show the magma feeder zones. According to the present study, it seems that the pluton has two different types of fabric patterns. The first pattern belongs to the magmatic liniation and foliation that are arranged parallel to the long axis of the pluton with NE-SW trend. The second fabric is related to the regions that were subjected to Na-Ca alteration and cross cutting the first pattern as three parallel corridors. This fact is confirmed by magmatic to low temperature solid state microstructures as well. Compiling all data implies that the mentioned pluton was emplaced in a sinistral shear zone.
M Sheibi; P Majidi
Abstract
The Challu granitoidic pluton composes of two monzodiorite and quart diorite units, injected into the Eocene volcanic rocks in south of Damghan. Emplacement mechanism of this pluton has been investigated by the anisotropy of magnetite susceptibility method. The measured mean value of bulk susceptibility ...
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The Challu granitoidic pluton composes of two monzodiorite and quart diorite units, injected into the Eocene volcanic rocks in south of Damghan. Emplacement mechanism of this pluton has been investigated by the anisotropy of magnetite susceptibility method. The measured mean value of bulk susceptibility (Km in µSI) in fresh quart zdiorites and monzonites are 31608 and 33726, respectively and then the pluton belongs to the ferromagnetite granites. In this granitoidic body, magnetite is the main carrier of magnetic susceptibility and biotite and pyroxene are the other accessory factors of magnetite nature. The field observation along with petrographical and magnetic fabric investigations reveal that the mentioned pluton emplaced at two stages with two different mechanisms. Monzodioritic unit with dominant porphyroidic texture and NS lineation trend and foliation strike parallel to the margin of the pluton emplaced along tensional gash of one dextral shear zone. Quartz dioritic unit at the same time or a time after monzodiorite emplaced as dyke. The magnetic fabric pattern, oblate ellipsoid shape as well as predominance of trachytoidic texture in this unit correspond with the inverse fabric dyking pattern and the orientation of plagioclase show magma flow. The magnetic susceptibility has been decreased in the stations that subjected to the hydrothermal alteration either by reduction of size of magnetite crystals or conversion of magnetite to hematite. The microstructures in the pluton are mainly magmatic and show high melt fraction to crystal during the emplacement or absence of tectonic stress after full crystallization.
