Petrology
Hamid Karimzadeh; Mohammad Rahgoshay; Iman Monsef
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The petrographical examination of peridotites of the Nehbandan ophiolitic complex revealed that the peridotites of Kalateh Shahpouri, Qadamgah, Lah-Kouh, Cheshmeh anjir, Bandan, and Zolfaghari were of harzburgite type and Sefid-Kouh and Nasfandeh-Kouh were of lherzolite type. Generally, the types of ...
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The petrographical examination of peridotites of the Nehbandan ophiolitic complex revealed that the peridotites of Kalateh Shahpouri, Qadamgah, Lah-Kouh, Cheshmeh anjir, Bandan, and Zolfaghari were of harzburgite type and Sefid-Kouh and Nasfandeh-Kouh were of lherzolite type. Generally, the types of clinopyroxenes in the peridotites of this complex were diopside. The geochemical investigation of clinopyroxenes in Mg# vs. Al2O3, Cr2O3, and TiO2 graphs and Ti vs. Nd, Zr, and Sr graphs shows that the peridotites of Nasfandeh-Kouh, Bandan, Zolfaghari, and Sefid-Kouh with a low degree of partial melting belong to the Abyssal tectonic setting and back-arc basin.on the other side, the harzburgites of Kalateh Shahpouri and Cheshmeh anjir were formed in the Supra-subduction zone tectonic setting and fore-arc basin and have a high degree of partial melting. The study of incompatible elements, LILE and HFSE in spider diagrams normalized to the primary mantle and as well as the study of REEs in spider diagrams normalized to the chondrite for clinopyroxenes confirm this issue. Therefore, Nasfandeh-Kouh and Sefid-Kouh lherzolites as well as Qadamgah, Lah-Kouh, Bandan, and Zolfaghari harzburgites with a low degree of depletion were more consistent with the Mid-oceanic ridgestectonic setting, and the harzburgites of Kalateh Shahpouri and Cheshmeh anjir were close to the Supra-subduction zone tectonic setting with a high degree of depletion.
M. Heidari; Ghasem Ghorbani; H. Shafaii Moghadam
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Abstract Forumad area is located in NW of Sabzevar, in NE of central Iran structural zone and in western part of Sabzevar ophiolite suite. The mantle section of Forumad ophiolite consists mainly of harzburgites, dunites, pyroxenitic dikes and choromititic lenses that contain brown to black Cr-spinels. ...
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Abstract Forumad area is located in NW of Sabzevar, in NE of central Iran structural zone and in western part of Sabzevar ophiolite suite. The mantle section of Forumad ophiolite consists mainly of harzburgites, dunites, pyroxenitic dikes and choromititic lenses that contain brown to black Cr-spinels. The content of Cr2O3 and Al2O3 of Cr-spinels in harzburgites are between 32.6-53.1 and 15.6-34.8 wt%, respectively, and their Cr# ([100 × Cr/(Cr + Al]) atomic ratio]) is between 39- 69%. Relationship between Cr# of Cr-spinels and Fo of coexisting olivine (Fo=91-92%) and low contents of TiO2 (
M Poosti; R Mohammadi Poortaziyani; H Hajhasani; S.M Mortazavi Ravari
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The LerdGarm peridotite complex is one of the ultramafic complexes in south-east Iran . This complex is composed mainly of harzburgite dunite, lherzolite, and secondary listvenite and magnesite. The detailed electron microprobe study revealed very high Cr # (39.9-64.0), Mg # (51.2-65.63) and very low ...
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The LerdGarm peridotite complex is one of the ultramafic complexes in south-east Iran . This complex is composed mainly of harzburgite dunite, lherzolite, and secondary listvenite and magnesite. The detailed electron microprobe study revealed very high Cr # (39.9-64.0), Mg # (51.2-65.63) and very low TiO2 content (averaging 0.05 wt %) for chromian spinels in peridotites. The Fe3+# is very low (C± 60 at a pressure of 26 Kbar. Tectonic environment discrimination diagrams for dunites show a suprasubduction environment of the arc setting and for the harzburgite and lherzolites show abyssal environment.
M. E. Moslempour; M. Khalatbari-Jafari; T. Morishita; M. Ghaderi
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Mantle sequences exposed in west of Fannuj-Maskutan area comprise of lherzolite and porphyroclastic cpx-bearing harzburgite in the lower part and recrystallized fine-grained lherzolite with chromitite lenses in the upper parts of the sequence. Petrography studies and microprobe data show evidence ...
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Mantle sequences exposed in west of Fannuj-Maskutan area comprise of lherzolite and porphyroclastic cpx-bearing harzburgite in the lower part and recrystallized fine-grained lherzolite with chromitite lenses in the upper parts of the sequence. Petrography studies and microprobe data show evidence of melt/peridotite interactions, post-melting processes and subsolidus interactions associated with the appearance of two generations of deformed primary pyroxene-olivine and fine-grained pyroxene-olivine-amphibole neoblasts. Second generation of minerals formed as inclusion, interstitial and fine-grained. These two groups of minerals have different geochemical characteristics, i.e., the first group are comparable with abyssal peridotites and the second group are comparable to suprasubduction peridotites. Therefore, the chemical compositions of different generations of minerals show different petrogenesis for ultramafic rocks of the Fannuj-Maskutan ophiolitie complex. Interpretation of whole rock chemical data indicate that these rocks have a depleted MORB mantle source which underwent 5-15% partial melting. Rare earth element patterns normalized with chondrite standard values and compared with patterns of depleted MORB mantle (DMM), indicate enrichment in LREE/MREE ration and show U-shape patterns. Thus, the peridotites of the Fannuj-Maskutan ophiolitie have experienced multistage evolution and show characteristics of abyssal environment to suprasubduction zone. It might be said that transition from abyssal environment to suprasubduction has been affected by fluids derived from the subducted slab.
M. Khalatbari Jafari; H. Sepehr
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The south Dehshir tectonized Ophiolite located at the extreme northern part of Sharbabak-Dehshir Ophiolite belt comprise of mantle peridotite and crustal sequence. The mantle peridotites are well serpentinized and consist of cpx- bearing harzburgite and lherzolite, cross cut by isolated diabasic dikes. ...
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The south Dehshir tectonized Ophiolite located at the extreme northern part of Sharbabak-Dehshir Ophiolite belt comprise of mantle peridotite and crustal sequence. The mantle peridotites are well serpentinized and consist of cpx- bearing harzburgite and lherzolite, cross cut by isolated diabasic dikes. There is no layered gabbro in the crustal sequence and that comprise of high level isotrope gabbro with cumulative character which gradually change to diabase sheeted dike complex on top of the sequence intruded by wherlitic intrusion, quartz diorite, pegmatite gabbro and plagiogranite- tronjemite. The volcanic sequence of this association consist of alternation of chert, radiolarite, pelagic limestone have Upper Cretaceous microfaunas at base and hyaloclastic breccia, hyaloclastite, tuff and pillow lava on top the sequence. The sheeted dike complex oriented in N- S direction with couples of inclinations toward either the east or the west. Listvenite and rodingite are the sporadic metasomatic rocks that expose inside the tectonized assemblage. A few dislocated amphibolites and calc-silicate blocks are tectonically exposed. Base of chemical analyses the crustal sequence show variety in composition and have tholeitic to calc-alkaline trends. In the tectonomagmatic diagrams, these rocks are often placed in the regions associated with the volcanic arcs and in some occasions they are plotted in the oceanic basin regions. The primitive mantle-normalized spider diagrams show depletion of Nb in most of analysis and depletion of Zr and Ti in some of them which indicating a supra- subduction origin. These types of patterns located in different levels and characterized by enrichment of LILE, might be related to diversity in mantle source and different degree of partial melting. The behavior of elements in different diagrams and comparation with the different tectonic setting, show that they tend located far from MORB type and near by the Arc type. The values of the elements such as Ba, Th, Nb, Yb, indicate the influence of the fluids releaved from the subducted slab on the mantle wedge. These geochemical characters and the expose of wherlitic intrusions and the small intrusions of quartz diorite-quartze monzodiorite indicate that the South Dehshir tectonized Ophiolite display a consistent sequence of events during their formation and evolution, includes birth, youth and maturity stages which is a natural consequence of the Supra- subduction zones. It seam that the Dehshir Ophiolite formed in a forearc basin with a distance from margin could be interpret with the downgoing of Neo-Tehytis in Late Cretaceous.
M. Khalatbari Jafari; H. Sepehr
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The Kahduiyeh tectonized Ophiolite exposed at the extreme northern part of Dehshir-Baft Ophiolite belt in the southern margin of centeral Iran microcontinent, comprise of mantle peridotites and crustal sequence. The serpentinized peridotites have cpx- bearing harzhburgite and lherzholite compositions ...
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The Kahduiyeh tectonized Ophiolite exposed at the extreme northern part of Dehshir-Baft Ophiolite belt in the southern margin of centeral Iran microcontinent, comprise of mantle peridotites and crustal sequence. The serpentinized peridotites have cpx- bearing harzhburgite and lherzholite compositions which cross cut by diabase isolated dikes. The plutonic part of crustal sequence consist isotropic gabbro, diabase sheeted dike complex, intruded by wherlitic intrusion, quartz diorite, pegmatite gabbro and plagiogranite-tronjemite. The volcanic sequence consist of the intercalation of the chert and radiolarite, pelagic limestone have the Upper Cretaceous micro faunas at base of sequence and hyaloclasic braccia, hyaloclastite, sheet flow, tuff and pillow lave on top of the sequence. Study of chemical analysis indicating a supra-subduction origin and enrichments for REE, Rb, Ba and Th might be affecting of slab-derived fluids. It seem that Kahduiyeh tectonized Ophiolite display a consistent sequence of events during their formation and evolution, includes birth, youth and maturity stages which is a natural consequence of ophiolite formation in the Supra-subduction zones.
M. Rahgoshay; J. Mehdipour Ghazi; H. Shafaii Moghadam
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Peridotites (Cpx-bearing harzburgites, lherzolites, wherlites and dunites) associated with pegmatite gabbros, gabbro impregnations, gabbroic-diabasic dikes, pyroxenites and websterites are the main constituents of the mantle sequence in the Nain ophioliote assemblage. Petrographic and geochemical studies ...
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Peridotites (Cpx-bearing harzburgites, lherzolites, wherlites and dunites) associated with pegmatite gabbros, gabbro impregnations, gabbroic-diabasic dikes, pyroxenites and websterites are the main constituents of the mantle sequence in the Nain ophioliote assemblage. Petrographic and geochemical studies indicate that peridotites in the Nain ophiolites are Cpx-bearing harzburgites with Al-rich spinels (Cr#=16.12-41.55) equilibrated at about 1000˚C. Pegmatite gabbros are found as small pockets within peridotites showing deformed clinopyroxenes and plagioclases. Gabbro-diabase dikes, mostly rodingitized, injected into the peridotites without chilled margins. These dikes are geochemically co-genetic with pillow lavas and micro-gabbros of the crustal sequence, but display variable degrees of partial melting. Based on the geochemistry of the mafic rocks and the peridotites, we suggest that Nain ophiolites were developed in a back arc spreading basin.
