Petrology
Mohammad reza Ghasempour; Nahid Shabanian; alireza Davoudian; hasamaldin moeinzadeh
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The Horjand area is located in northeast of Kerman in the Central Iran zone and the Kashmar-Kerman tectonic belt. In this area, gabbroic rocks and doleritic dykes are intruded into the sedimentary rocks of Desu Series with Infra-Cambrian age. The gabbros and doleritic dykes have relatively same composition. ...
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The Horjand area is located in northeast of Kerman in the Central Iran zone and the Kashmar-Kerman tectonic belt. In this area, gabbroic rocks and doleritic dykes are intruded into the sedimentary rocks of Desu Series with Infra-Cambrian age. The gabbros and doleritic dykes have relatively same composition. The main minerals are plagioclase and clinopyroxene. Their texture is medium to fine granular and ophitic to sub-ophitic. The plagioclase minerals of the rocks have labradorite composition (An53-67), but as a result of saussuritization in gabbros and doleritic dykes, the plagioclase changed to oligoclase and albite composition, respectively. The mineral chemistry of clinopyroxenes display Mg-Ca-Fe type which are diopside and augite. The distribution of aluminum in clinopyroxenes structure show that the minerals were crystallized from a magma with water vapor pressure less than 10 percent. On the basis of the chemical charaterstions of the clinopyroxenes, the magma source has predominantly had tholeiitic to minor alkaline affinities with a tectonic setting related to within plate environments. Geothermobarometry evaluations of the clinopyroxenes reveal that the mafic rocks were formed at temperatures of 1127-1200 ˚C and pressure less than 6 Kbar.
Petrology
Hamid Ahmadipour; Hamideh Salehinejad; Seyed Hesam-Aldin Moeinzadeh; Abbas Moradian
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Shan Abad–Raviz basic intrusions from the West of Rafsanjan (Kerman province), represent a part of Dehaj-Sarduyieh belt and intruded into the Eocene volcano-sedimentary rocks as dykes and apophyses. Thicknesses of the dikes and the diameters of the patches reach up to 4 and 10 meters respectively. ...
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Shan Abad–Raviz basic intrusions from the West of Rafsanjan (Kerman province), represent a part of Dehaj-Sarduyieh belt and intruded into the Eocene volcano-sedimentary rocks as dykes and apophyses. Thicknesses of the dikes and the diameters of the patches reach up to 4 and 10 meters respectively. In the field, they appear as dark intrusions contain sporadic euhedral pyroxene crystals with up to 5 mm in size. They are gabbro and diorite and their main minerals are plagioclase and pyroxenes set in a fine-grained matrix and show intergranular and porphyroid textures. These rocks have low-K calc-alkaline affinities and their geochemical characteristics tend to the subduction zone settings. In these rocks, 87Sr/86Sr and 143Nd/144Nd ratios vary between 0.70403 to 0.70409 and 0.5128 to 0.5129 respectively and εNd(i) values change between 3.52 to 6.6. These evidences along with the special textures show that their parent magmas affected by fractionation, assimilation and magma mixing processes. Considering that these rocks have intruded into the Eocene volcanics, we suggest that they represent the last stages of Eocene magmatism in the Cenozoic Kerman magmatic belt and intruded into the crust after the intiation of Neo-Tethys subduction beneath to Central Iranian block, probably in a continental margin tectonic setting.
H. Rahimi Sadegh; S. H. Moein Zadeh; M. Moazzen
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The study area is a part of the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone which is mainly composed of metamorphic rocks, a variety of igneous basic rocks and sediments. the metamorphic rocks studied at west of Kheyrabad, North of Gol-e Gohar mine in Sirjan, Kerman Province are slate, phyllite, schist (garnet schist, amphibole ...
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The study area is a part of the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone which is mainly composed of metamorphic rocks, a variety of igneous basic rocks and sediments. the metamorphic rocks studied at west of Kheyrabad, North of Gol-e Gohar mine in Sirjan, Kerman Province are slate, phyllite, schist (garnet schist, amphibole schist, micaschist, kyanite schists), epidote amphibolite, amphibolite, gneiss, quartzite and marble. Amphibolite facies is the highest metamorphic grade in the region experienced by the rocks. Protolith of amphibolites is basic to intermediate igneous rocks with chemical composition of calc-alkaline. Based on Ti against V diagram and Nb-Zr-Ydiagram, amphibolites of the study area belong to mid-ocean ridges (MOR) and Volcanic arc tectonic environments in relation to Neotethys ocean.Mineral chemical features classify amphiboles as calcic amphiboles. average temperature of amphiboles is 630°C and maximum pressure is 7.5 kbar for the studied amphibolites. Geothermal gradient of ~ 28°C/Km indicates a continental crust setting for metamorphism.
B Bahrambeigi; D Raeisi; S.K Alavipanah; S.H Moeinzadeh
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Gandom Beryan or Burned Sand region is located in the LutDesert, NW of Kerman. This region has always been under consideration due to its high temperature. In this study, by utilizing thermal Remote Sensing studies, ENVI software, and thermal images ETM + (imaging time 10 am on Wednesday 7 October 2011) ...
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Gandom Beryan or Burned Sand region is located in the LutDesert, NW of Kerman. This region has always been under consideration due to its high temperature. In this study, by utilizing thermal Remote Sensing studies, ENVI software, and thermal images ETM + (imaging time 10 am on Wednesday 7 October 2011) the surface temperature of Gandom Beryan was measured. Non-uniform distribution of basaltic rocks, erosion, and fracturing of rocks in Gandom Beryan has caused the calculated surface temperature in the southern part of the Gandom Beryan, which has been covered with dark basaltic rocks, shows reflections intensity more than the northern part of the study area. On the other hand, the photolineament index factor shows that the zones with greater fracture intensity than the other side have less temperature. The existence of mountains in all directions of the Lut desert )north, south, east, and west) have limited the penetration of sea moisture especially from the Indian Ocean, and this problem causes the increasing of drought, sunshine, and decreasing of cloud in this region. In general, desert location, including latitude and low altitude are factors that cause the high temperature of Basaltic messa besides the special surface absorption of basalt. Respect to daily and monthly corrections, the final temperature is calculated as the estimated maximum temperature, which is at least 76° C for Basaltic messa in Gandom Beryan and based on the surveys, this region can be considered as one of the Earth thermal poles.
B Bahrambeygi; H Ranjbar; J Shahabpour; S.H Moeinzadeh
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Hyperspectral images of Hyperion sensor is a rich source of information with 242 narrow contiguous spectral bands. Among these, there are a number of atmospheric agents, which contaminate the content of various information bands. Therefore, to obtain the complete advantage of a Hyperspectral image in ...
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Hyperspectral images of Hyperion sensor is a rich source of information with 242 narrow contiguous spectral bands. Among these, there are a number of atmospheric agents, which contaminate the content of various information bands. Therefore, to obtain the complete advantage of a Hyperspectral image in optimum condition, atmospheric correction is an inevitable process. Atmospheric corrections may be conducted by two methods, namely data based, and scene based. In the scene based methods, spectral anomalies are detected and corrected by using self-image spectral information processing without a field information requirement. In this study, two scene based atmospheric correction methods of Quick Atmospheric Correction (QUAC) and Internal Average Relative Reflectance (IARR) were examined on Hyperion image of Masahim volcanic crater. To evaluate the results of these two scenesbased methods, the results of field spectroscopy and data based empirical line method were used. X-ray diffraction and spectral analysis of selected samples, whose locations were determined through SAM method, illustrated kaolinite pattern as index mineral of argillic zone.In order to compare the results obtained from different atmospherically corrected images quantitatively, maximum probability pixels obtained from SAM method were evaluated for each corrected images in classified information format. After drawing the accuracy matrix for classified pixels and sampled and investigated pixels in the field and laboratory studies, the accuracy coefficients were calculated for the favorable districts of the corrected images bytwo scene based methods and ELM method. The examination results display the producer accuracy of 74.58 percent for IARR corrected images and a producer accuracy of 35.5 percent for QUAC corrected image; whereas the ELM data based correction method despite using field spectrometry data shows the producer accuracy of 74.58 percent. Therefore, in discrimination of argillic zone in semi-arid regions, IARR atmospheric correction method is considered as suitable and affordable preprocessing method to retrieve spectral information from the hyperspectral data.
S.H Moeinzadeh
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In calculation the region’s faulting there are various factors that can be considered. Photolineament factor is a function of length, number and cross of faults per unit area and considered as Suitable method for the quantification of structural data. Naturally most alterations are relevant with ...
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In calculation the region’s faulting there are various factors that can be considered. Photolineament factor is a function of length, number and cross of faults per unit area and considered as Suitable method for the quantification of structural data. Naturally most alterations are relevant with faults and fractures which facilitate the penetration of hydrothermal liquids. Comparing the situation of areas with the highest concentration of lineaments in volcanic regions in calderas of Mosahim and Bidkhan and studying alteration faces in central of calderas indicates the association of supergene alteration with regional lineaments, while phyllic alteration that mostly has endogenous origin has a weaker relation with lineaments. Argillic alteration can have endogenous or exogenous source. In Mosahim caldera the origin of clay minerals is mostly sinking water and kaolin is its major mineral. According to the results of XRD experiments, minerals such as Pyrophylit and Dikyt cannot be seen in most parts of Mosahim caldera. So most of the alterations of Mosahim volcano are argillic with exogenous origin; while in Bidkhan caldera in spite of the majority of argillic alteration and phyllic alteration with mostly endogenous origin has a notable covering. Drawing the matching matrix alteration and upper bound of photolinieament factor in Mosahim and Bidkhan show the respectively matching coefficients of 37.8% and 29% for argillic alteration and coefficients of 1.1 % and 10.7 % for phyllic alteration in the above mentioned region. Positive relationship between argillic alteration and photolinieament factor and weaker association of phyllic alteration with this factor in the center of Mosahim and Bidkhan calderas along with closer relative of overall alteration regime (mostly exogenous) of the Mosahim region with photolinieament factor indicate severe faults effect in the supergene than hypogene processes in these areas.
D Raeisi; S Dargahi; S.H Moeinzadeh; M Arvin; B Bahrambeigi
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Gandom-Berian area, located on southern part of the Kavir-e Lut, covers an area around 480 km2 and morphologically is a covered messa by very dark basaltic lava flows. Their major minerals are olivine and clinopyroxene phenocrysts along with plagioclase microlites and their main textures are microlitic ...
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Gandom-Berian area, located on southern part of the Kavir-e Lut, covers an area around 480 km2 and morphologically is a covered messa by very dark basaltic lava flows. Their major minerals are olivine and clinopyroxene phenocrysts along with plagioclase microlites and their main textures are microlitic porphyry to glomeroporphiry with interestal to intergranular groundmass. The in line position of volcanic cones along the line of movements of Nayband fault show its effect on the formation of Gandom-Berian basaltic magma. The genetic realationship of these lava flows with deep seated lithospheric fractures as a result of Nayband fault, the presence of mantle xenoliths and alkaline nature of basalt all reveal a fast deep ascending of magmas. Based on geochemical analysis and occurrence of nepheline in the norm composition the Gandom-Berian basaltic lava flows belong to basanite-tephrite group. The investigation on Gandom-beriyan alkali basalts clearly shows their relationships to an intera-continental extensional environment. Low ratio of Ce/Nb, Th /Nb, U/Nb, Ba/Nb and High levels Zr with mean 234.81 indicate a none depleted asthenospheric mantle source the origin of Gandom-Berian basaltic lava flows. Enrichment and depletion of light and heavy rare earth elements respectively indicate the existence of garnet in the source rock.
D. Raeisi; S. Dargahi; H. Moeinzadeh; M. Arvin
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Gandom Beriyan, as a part of Quaternary volcanism of Iran, is a kind of messa which is covered by very dark lava flows. The flows are generally fresh to rarely altered alkali olivine basalts and cover an area around 480 km2 in southern part of the Lut desert in northeast of Kerman. The common textures ...
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Gandom Beriyan, as a part of Quaternary volcanism of Iran, is a kind of messa which is covered by very dark lava flows. The flows are generally fresh to rarely altered alkali olivine basalts and cover an area around 480 km2 in southern part of the Lut desert in northeast of Kerman. The common textures of basaltic lava flows are porphyry to glomeroporphyry with an intersertal to intergranular groundmass. Their major minerals are olivine and clinopyroxene phenocrysts along with plagioclase microlites. Plagioclase microlites are recognized as the major silicate phase in these rocks. Three-dimensional shape of plagioclase crystals and also rate of nucleation and growth time was estimated by thin section image processing and using crystal size distribution (CSD) method. Based on this, it is revealed that the shape of plagioclase microlites is tablet with aspect ratio of 1:10:10 for short: intermediate: long axes, respectively. The uniformity of CSD graph and its constant slope show that the effect of physical processes such as magma mixing was limited during ascent of basaltic magma toward the surface. Based on these calculations, growth time (t) and rate of nucleation (J) were estimated 2.53 to 3.21 years and 10.17×10-9 to 9.53×10-9 mm-3/s-1, respectively. The results are completely matched with nature of alkali basalt magmas.
