Document Type : Original Research Paper

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Geology Department, University College of Science, Tehran University, Tehran,Iran

Abstract

      South Kahrizak volcanic rocks with Eocene age are located in the north part of Central Iran. These rocks are mainly composed of pyroclastics (tuff and ignimbrites) and lava flows (rhyolite, trachyandesite, basaltic trachyandesite and basalt). Petrographic evidence such as: zoning, sieve texture and rounded crystals in plagioclase and pyroxene phenocrysts show the non-equilibrium conditions between melt and crystals during magma cooling. Geochemical characteristics indicate that these rocks locate in the subalkaline to alkaline domain. The highly enrichment of LREE compared to HREE, high content of LILE relative to HFSE and significant anomalies of Nb, Ta and Ti reveal the characteristics of a subduction - related volcanism. Whereas, the alkaline affinity of rocks shows that they may have formed in an extentional region, most probably a back-arc basin.                                                                                                                               

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