A Biabangard; H Biabangard; S Bagheri
Abstract
The Deh-Salm metamorphic complex (DMC), late Jurassic in age, is exposed at the west of Nehbandan and at the the eastern margin of the Lut block. This is one of the exceptional outcrops of the Lut block’s basement in East Iran. The metamorphosed ultramafic rocks in this complex are identified ...
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The Deh-Salm metamorphic complex (DMC), late Jurassic in age, is exposed at the west of Nehbandan and at the the eastern margin of the Lut block. This is one of the exceptional outcrops of the Lut block’s basement in East Iran. The metamorphosed ultramafic rocks in this complex are identified and introduced for the first time, and are studied in association with the metabasites. Extensive field excursions as well as satellite image investigations represented the metabasites and metaperidotites of the DMC in three elongated and separate belts, parallel to the extension of the complex; we named the belts as the east, central, and the west belts. A tectonic, broken to dismembered units of greenschist, amphibolite, metaperidotite, serpentinite, and talc-schist can be recognized in the east and central belts, while, amphibole-calcschist is the most important rock constituent of the west belt in the Galugah complex. The main minerals in the rocks of these belts are hornblende, epidote, plagioclase (andesine), and sporadic pyroxene in the metabasite, and olivine, ortho-amphibole, augite, talc, and spinel in metaperidotite, respectively. On the basis of the geochemical studies, the protoliths of the mentioned rocks are classified in the basalt and peridotite groups. However, due to metamorphic and intense metasomatic processes, it is impossible to suggest a distinct origin and tectonic setting for the above metamorphic assemblages. The presence of mafic and ultramafic metamorphic rocks adjacent to the other rock units of the DMC indicates that the mafic-ultramafic rocks were initially emplaced in the eastern margin of the Lut block in a time before the late Jurassic, then they were metamorphosed in their recent arrangement.
S. S. Mohammadi; M. Vossoughi Abedini; M. Pourmoafi; M. H. Emami; M. M. Khatib
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Bibi Maryam Granitoid body with 5 km2 exposure area is located in the east Iranian ophiolite mélange belt in Sistan suture zone. This intrusive body consists of tonalite- quartzdiorite and granodiorite. The main mafic minerals are hornblende and biotite in quartzdiorite-tonalite. Existence of ...
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Bibi Maryam Granitoid body with 5 km2 exposure area is located in the east Iranian ophiolite mélange belt in Sistan suture zone. This intrusive body consists of tonalite- quartzdiorite and granodiorite. The main mafic minerals are hornblende and biotite in quartzdiorite-tonalite. Existence of microdioritic enclave in tonalite and its absence in granodiorites is one of the main characteristics of the body. Perthitic and granophyric textures in granodiorites represent low water vapor pressure and relatively fast crystallization, respectively. Geochemical study of rock samples shows that the body is calc-alkaline and metaluminous to peraluminous. Trace element patterns in spider diagrams represent a trough for Nb and enrichment for K, Rb, Ba and Th that indicate contamination by crustal materials. Although Bibi Maryam intrusive body cuts the ultramafic rocks, it lacks petrographic and geochemical characteristics of oceanic plagiogranites. The geochemistry of the body is comparable with I-type granitoids and based on tectonic setting it can be classified as orogenic and VAG type.
