Gh Ghadami; M Poosti; F Babai
Abstract
Few More than 5 dacite to andesite volcanic masses with Mio-Pliocene age are exposed to older volcanic rocksat the south and east of the Mozahem volcano, in south-east of Urumieh- Dokhtar magmatic belt, north-east of Shahre-Babak. These rocks show hyaloporphyritic- trachytic texture and consist of pPhenocrysts ...
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Few More than 5 dacite to andesite volcanic masses with Mio-Pliocene age are exposed to older volcanic rocksat the south and east of the Mozahem volcano, in south-east of Urumieh- Dokhtar magmatic belt, north-east of Shahre-Babak. These rocks show hyaloporphyritic- trachytic texture and consist of pPhenocrysts of plagioclase, amphiboles and biotites. Based on geochemical data and multi elements patterns, these rocks are medium to high K calc-alkaline suite and they show LILE and LREE enriched normalized multi-element patterns, and negative Nb, Ti and Ta anomalies. Chondrite normalized REE patterns display a steep decrease from LREE to HREE without any Eu anomaly. They have higher SiO2 and Sr contents and Sr/Y and La/Yb ratios and low MgO, Y and Yb contents than the normal calc-alkaline volcanic rocks. These volcanic rocks are formed in the a subduction zone in an active margin, and showing full complete of HSA(high SiO2 adakites) characteristics. HREE and Y depleted patterns suggest the existence of garnet and amphibole as a residue in the source. The source of these rocks was probably amphibole-eclogite or garnet-amphibolite possibly generated during subduction or slab break of the Neo-Tethyan oceanic slab beneath the Central Iran microplate in Neogene.
