Petrology
Fahollah Mossavvari; Reza Zarei Sahamieh; Adel Saki; Amirali Tabakh Shabani; Ahmad Ahmadi-khalaji
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The metamamorphic rocks of Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone (SSZ) in the west part of Hamedan at CheshmehGhassaban village were intruded by olivine gabbro- gabbro at the middle Jurassic. The rocks consist of olivine, clinopyroxene, plagioclase, phologopite, brown amphibole and biotite and belong to alkaline series, ...
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The metamamorphic rocks of Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone (SSZ) in the west part of Hamedan at CheshmehGhassaban village were intruded by olivine gabbro- gabbro at the middle Jurassic. The rocks consist of olivine, clinopyroxene, plagioclase, phologopite, brown amphibole and biotite and belong to alkaline series, derived from partial melting in the stability field of a garnet peridotite. Moreover,LREE enrichment in chondrite normalized REE pattern, and relatively high ratios ofLaN/YbN (6.65-11.25)، Nb/Yb(22-22.38),Th/Nb(0.07-0.16) and Nb/Y (>1)indicate that the rocks originatedfrom an ocean island basalt like (OIB-like) sublithospheric mantle source and juxtaposed with and intruded into continental crust. With respect to geodynamic model of SSZ in the Alvand area in the middle Jurassic, ascribed to the subduction of the Neo-Tethys oceanic crust below the SSZ, the "Ridge-Trench" subduction model is proposed for thes egabbros. Based on this model, the subduction of the active spreading center of the Neo-Tethys oceanic crust produceda slab window in the subducted oceanic lithosphere, allowing infiltration of astenospheric hot OIB-like melt into SSZ. In addition, the development of a very substantial volume of S-type granitoid rocks in the Alvand granitoid complex of Hamedan region can be attributed to the melting of the metapilitic rocks due to ridge subduction events
H Ghorbani; M Moazzen; A Saki
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Calc-silicate hornfelses are resulted from temperature excreted from the Alvand Batholith on the surrounding carbonate rocks. Metamorphic minerals in these rocks are vesuvianite + garnet+clinopyroxene+ tremolite/actinolite+quartz+calcite±epidote. Calc- silicate minerals occurred in two stages ...
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Calc-silicate hornfelses are resulted from temperature excreted from the Alvand Batholith on the surrounding carbonate rocks. Metamorphic minerals in these rocks are vesuvianite + garnet+clinopyroxene+ tremolite/actinolite+quartz+calcite±epidote. Calc- silicate minerals occurred in two stages of prograde and retrograde metamorphism. Mineral chemistry of clinopyroxene and garnet in calc-silicate hornfelses determined by EPMA shows that these minerals are mainly diopside and grossular. Based on clinopyroxene-garnet thermometry with coexisting minerals such as tremolite/actinolite, quartz, . . . temperature of ~550˚C was calculated for metamorphism of the clac-silicate hornfelses. Pressure of metamorphism was estimated to be about 3.5 Kbar. Fluid composition in the calc- silicate hornfelses had XCO2 = 0.2 which indicates that during prograde metamorphism carbonate minerals reacted out and the amount of these minerals was reduced in the rocks.
A. Saki; A. A. Baharifar
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Field relations and petrographical features, shows that formation of the metapelitic and carbonate rocks of Hamadan in Western Iran was poly-metamorphic. The intrusion of the Alvand Batholite (Jurassic age) into pelitic and calcareous host rocks has produced metamorphic rocks in the Cheshin area containing, ...
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Field relations and petrographical features, shows that formation of the metapelitic and carbonate rocks of Hamadan in Western Iran was poly-metamorphic. The intrusion of the Alvand Batholite (Jurassic age) into pelitic and calcareous host rocks has produced metamorphic rocks in the Cheshin area containing, sillimanite hornfels, marbles and calc-silicate rocks. Mineral assemblages in the metapelitic and calc-silicate rocks are different, peak metamorphic assemblages of these rocks respectively are garnet, biotite, staurolite, aluminosilicate minerals (kyanite/sillimanite), muscovite and quartz but calc-silicate assemblage are garnet, diopside, wollastonite epidote and amphibole, which usually take place by contact metamorphism. Using multiple equilibria, temperature (~600-630 ºC), pressure (~2-4 kbar), and fluid composition (XCO2 as low as 0.17) have been calculated for the formation of the calc-silicated rocks. The results show good agreement with those from other meta-pelitic rocks. P-T results indicate that contact metamorphism conditions occur in pyroxene hornfels facies in this part of the Hamadan crust.
A. Saki; A. A. Baharifar
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Intrusion of the Alvand complex (intrusions formed during Jurassic) into the host metapelitic rocks (schists) created pelitic hornfelses and anatectic migmatites in the Alvand aureole. Partial melting in the Alvand aureole was restricted to pelitic bulk compositions. Existing of spinel-quartz minerals ...
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Intrusion of the Alvand complex (intrusions formed during Jurassic) into the host metapelitic rocks (schists) created pelitic hornfelses and anatectic migmatites in the Alvand aureole. Partial melting in the Alvand aureole was restricted to pelitic bulk compositions. Existing of spinel-quartz minerals and appearance of orthopyroxene in these rocks marks the transition from amphibolite- to granulite-facies conditions, and is commonly attributed to the process of fluid-absent partial melting. Reactions Sil/And + Bt = Crd + Spl+ Kfs + melt and Bt+Als+Pl+Qtz = Grt+Kfs+melt, are the most reactions for the development of melt in the metapelitic rocks of Alvand aureole. This metamorphism is mainly controlled by conductive heat transter through magmatic intrusions into all levels of the crust. The Hamadan metamorphic rocks have experienced multiple episodes of metamorphism driven by burial and heating during arc construction and collision during subduction of a Neotethyan seaway and subsequent oblique collision of Afro-Arabia (Gondwana) with the Iranian microcontinent in the Jurassic-Cretaceous, and these events are associated with local partial melting at high grades, near the Alvand complex pluton.
A. Saki; M. Moazzen; M. Modjtahedi; R. Oberhänsli
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Mahneshan Complex in the northwest of Iran was affected by regional and contact metamorphism. Microstructural and petrographical features as well as field relations show that Mahneshan Metamorphic Complex has been affected by four episodes of metamorphism (M1 to M4) and at least two ...
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Mahneshan Complex in the northwest of Iran was affected by regional and contact metamorphism. Microstructural and petrographical features as well as field relations show that Mahneshan Metamorphic Complex has been affected by four episodes of metamorphism (M1 to M4) and at least two deformational phases (D1 and D2). The M2 metamorphic stage is characterized by a strong preferential orientation of minerals (S2) and development of a peak metamorphic assemblage. This metamorphismis temporally associated with D2 deformational phase. The M3 metamorphism was contact metamorphism and M4 metamorphism is retrograde. The mineral assemblages of peak metamorphism M2 are muscovite, biotite, garnet, staurolite, andalusite and sillimanite. Pressure and temperature of metamorphism in the Mahneshan Complex were estimated by multiple equilibria calculations, cation exchange reaction thermometry and net transfer reaction in order to determine the geothermal gradients and type of metamorphism. The temperature of M1 metamorphism is estimated 420-450ºC and pressure of 3-4 kbar. M2 (peak metamorphism) temperature is 600-620ºC and pressure of 5-7 kbar. The temperature of M3 metamorphism is 520-560 ºC and pressure of 2.-3.5 kbar. The Geothermal gradients for the peak of metamorphism show high value for the upper crust (33° C/ km) indicating a Barrovian type of metamorphism for the study area. Tectonic setting of metamorphism is related to continental crust and magmatic arc.
