M. E. Moslempour; M. Khalatbari-Jafari; T. Morishita; M. Ghaderi
Abstract
Mantle sequences exposed in west of Fannuj-Maskutan area comprise of lherzolite and porphyroclastic cpx-bearing harzburgite in the lower part and recrystallized fine-grained lherzolite with chromitite lenses in the upper parts of the sequence. Petrography studies and microprobe data show evidence ...
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Mantle sequences exposed in west of Fannuj-Maskutan area comprise of lherzolite and porphyroclastic cpx-bearing harzburgite in the lower part and recrystallized fine-grained lherzolite with chromitite lenses in the upper parts of the sequence. Petrography studies and microprobe data show evidence of melt/peridotite interactions, post-melting processes and subsolidus interactions associated with the appearance of two generations of deformed primary pyroxene-olivine and fine-grained pyroxene-olivine-amphibole neoblasts. Second generation of minerals formed as inclusion, interstitial and fine-grained. These two groups of minerals have different geochemical characteristics, i.e., the first group are comparable with abyssal peridotites and the second group are comparable to suprasubduction peridotites. Therefore, the chemical compositions of different generations of minerals show different petrogenesis for ultramafic rocks of the Fannuj-Maskutan ophiolitie complex. Interpretation of whole rock chemical data indicate that these rocks have a depleted MORB mantle source which underwent 5-15% partial melting. Rare earth element patterns normalized with chondrite standard values and compared with patterns of depleted MORB mantle (DMM), indicate enrichment in LREE/MREE ration and show U-shape patterns. Thus, the peridotites of the Fannuj-Maskutan ophiolitie have experienced multistage evolution and show characteristics of abyssal environment to suprasubduction zone. It might be said that transition from abyssal environment to suprasubduction has been affected by fluids derived from the subducted slab.
