Petrology
Marziyeh Abazari; Seyyed Saeid Mohammadi; Malihe Nakhaei
Abstract
Abbas Abad area is located in the northeast of Sarbisheh, in the northern part of Sistan suture zone and southern Khorasan province. In this area, Tertiary volcanic rocks with the composition of intermediate to acid, including basaltic andesite, andesite, and dacite are exposed. Constructive minerals ...
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Abbas Abad area is located in the northeast of Sarbisheh, in the northern part of Sistan suture zone and southern Khorasan province. In this area, Tertiary volcanic rocks with the composition of intermediate to acid, including basaltic andesite, andesite, and dacite are exposed. Constructive minerals of basaltic andesite include of plagioclase, pyroxene and olivine and in andesite consist of plagioclase, hornblende and pyroxene, and in dacite are plagioclase, quartz, biotite and hornblende. The studied rocks have medium to high-K calc-alkaline nature. Most samples show enrichment in LILEs (K, Rb, Sr, Cs) (except Ba) relative to HFSEs (Y, P, Ti, Ta, Nb), which indicates the relation of these rocks to subduction zone and active continental margin. The relatively low (La/Yb)N (7.67 to 13.48) and Dy/Yb (<2) in Abbas Abad lavas indicate that partial melting of mantle occurred in transitional zone of spinel-garnet lherzolite. Based on the concentration of trace elements such as Ce, Yb and Sm, magma originated from a depth of about 95 to 105 kilometers.
Petrology
Maryam Kouchi; Malihe Nakhaei
Abstract
In northeast of Sarbisheh city, southern Khorasan, outcrops of lava rocks are exist that from view of geological subdivisions, located in eastern part of Lut block. Lithologic composition of studied collections consist of andesite (pyroxene andesite, andesite, trachy andesite), dacite and rhyolite. The ...
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In northeast of Sarbisheh city, southern Khorasan, outcrops of lava rocks are exist that from view of geological subdivisions, located in eastern part of Lut block. Lithologic composition of studied collections consist of andesite (pyroxene andesite, andesite, trachy andesite), dacite and rhyolite. The main texture of these rocks are porphyry with microlitic-glass groundmass, glomeroporphyritic, poikilitic and vesicular. The mineral constituents of andesitic rocks are plagioclase, pyroxene and amphibole with small quantities of biotite and sanidine and in rhyolite and dacite include of quartz, sanidine, plagioclase, amphibole and biotite. Disequilibrium textures such as chemical zoning, sieve texture, rounded and gulf shape margins in phenocrysts of these rocks are observed. Geochemical study results show that these lavas belong to high to medium-K calc alkaline series. Enrichment in LREE and LILE, depletion in HREE and HFSE with negative anomaly of Ti, Nb and P in these rocks indicated active continental margin volcanic arc magmatism. Based on tectonic discrimination diagrams, also support the relation of Zoolesk area lavas with subduction zone and active continental margin. Low ratio of Dy/Yb(<2) in studied lavas, indicated spinel lherzolite mantle source for magma.
A. Baharvandi; S. S. Mohammadi; M. Nakhaei
Abstract
In the Boshgaz area in 50 kilometers northwest of Sarbisheh and eastern margin of Lut block, Tertiary volcanic rocks with basaltic andesite, andesite and dacite composition are cropped out. The main texture of these rocks are porphyry with microlithic-glass groundmass, glomeroporphyritic and vesicular. ...
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In the Boshgaz area in 50 kilometers northwest of Sarbisheh and eastern margin of Lut block, Tertiary volcanic rocks with basaltic andesite, andesite and dacite composition are cropped out. The main texture of these rocks are porphyry with microlithic-glass groundmass, glomeroporphyritic and vesicular. The main minerals in andesite lavas are plagioclase, pyroxene, amphibole and biotite and in dacites are plagioclase, quartz, amphibole and biotite. Geochemical investigations show that these rocks have medium to high-K calk alkaline nature. Enrichment of Sr, Zr, Cs, Th, K, depletion of Nb, Ti, P, Ba and enrichment of LREE relative to HREE in the studied rocks show that these rocks are related to a subduction zone and active continental margin setting. On the basis of trace elements diagrams, volcanic rocks of the Boshgaz area are formed in an immature arc or early stage of subdution. Mg# values in volcanic rocks of the Boshgaz area are ~48 indicating the role of mantle constituents in their formation. Low ratio of Sm/Yb(<2.5) in the studied lavas show absence of garnet in the source. Low ratio of Zr/Ba (average 0.34) and high ratio of La/Nb (2.22-3.19) for the studied lavas are characteristics of lithospheric mantle source. MREE/HREE diagrams show that lavas of the Boshgaz area originated from spinel-phlogopite lherzolite. Low ratio of Ba/Rb (<20) and high ratio of Rb/Sr (>0.1), support the existence of phlogopite in the source. The uniform pattern of REEs and medium values of La N /Lu N (8-14)inintermediate and acidic rocks of Boshgaz indicate genetic relationbetween them.
