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Original Research Paper Economic Geology
The occurrence of boiling process based on mineralogical, textural and fluid inclusion evidences in epithermal deposits: a case study of Chah-Morad deposit, Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran

Leila Amini; Mohammad Maanijou

Volume 33, Issue 4 , December 2023, Pages 1-20

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.378554.2046

Abstract
  One of the common processes that lead to the formation and enrichment of precious metal deposits is boiling. The existence of a spatial relation between fluid boiling and deposition of precious metals is a valuable tool in exploration of epithermal deposits. Therefore, the investigating of the process ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Tectonics
Tectono-sedimentary basins around Paleotethys suture zone in NE Iran

Mohammad Reza Sheikholeslami

Volume 33, Issue 4 , December 2023, Pages 21-42

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.390324.2074

Abstract
  Ten tectono-sedimentary basins have been identified around the Paleotethys suture zone in NE Iran. These basins have been developed from the Lower Paleozoic to recent time in response to relative movements of the of Eurasia and Gondwana supercontinents. The recognized basins from ancient to modern are: ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Tectonics
Structural evidence of tear faults in Kamarmahdi anticline, Tabas block, Iran

Saeid Hakimi-Asiabar; Babak Taherkhani; Mahnaz Fallah

Volume 33, Issue 4 , December 2023, Pages 43-58

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.393394.2082

Abstract
  Many examples of tear faults are observed in Tabas block. These faults are usually seen in belts with active folds. In this research, an example of the mentioned faults has been studied. The axis of the Kamarmahdi anticline has a north-south trend. In the north of Kamarmehdi anticline, there is a fault ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Tectonics
Introducing and investigating of structures related to mechanical stratigraphy, basement faulting and the growth of folds in Fars folded region (case study: Takhteh, Nahreh and Kuh–e–Lar anticlines)

Zahra Tavazo; Ebrahim Gholami; Hossien Motamedi; Bahman Soleimany

Volume 33, Issue 4 , December 2023, Pages 59-80

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.378331.2044

Abstract
  Numerous mechanisms are active during folding in folded-thrust belts, such as the role of salt movement, the role of multiple detachments in sedimentary cover, interference between different phases of deformation, and the role of basement during folding. The performance of these mechanisms plays an important ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Geological Environment and Engineering
Evaluation of the role of dolomitization and anhydrite cementation on mechanical behavior in Kangan carbonates (Case study: South Pars gas field, Persian Gulf)

Shirin Samani; Ali Uromeihy; Amirhossein Enayati; Imandokht Mostafavi; Misha Pezeshki

Volume 33, Issue 4 , December 2023, Pages 81-94

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.390129.2072

Abstract
  Diagenetic processes in carbonate rocks can be considered as one of the most important factors influencing the inherent characteristics of this type of reservoir on a small as well as large scale. Considering the importance of knowing the mechanical characteristics of reservoir rocks in geomechanical ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Sedimentology
Mixed carbonate-siliciclastic platforms: a case study from the Hauterivian-Barremian Gadvan Formation in the Interior Fars area, southern Iran

Ali Hossein Jalilian; Mohammad Ali Kavoosi

Volume 33, Issue 4 , December 2023, Pages 95-110

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.408546.2101

Abstract
  The Hauterivian-Barremian Gadvan Formation represents a depositional sequence in the central and eastern regions of the Zagros Mountains. Field surveys and petrography of 30 thin-sctions of this Formation in the Khaneh-Kat anticline togheter with wireline logs (gamma-ray and sonic) and 25 thin-sections ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
Paleontology of Lower Cretaceous deposits in Baghin section based on corals

Toran Khamoshi; Ahmad Lotfabad Arab; Mohammad Reza Vaziri

Volume 33, Issue 4 , December 2023, Pages 111-126

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.398752.2090

Abstract
  In order to study  the Lower Cretaceous deposits' coral fossils, the Baghin section was chosen and sampled. This section consists of a sequence of green marl, limestone and shaly limestone deposits. In this section, diverse groups of microfossils (orbitolinids, algae and ostracods) and macrofossils ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
Recognition of Albian – Cenomanian bivalves in the Kazhdumi Formation, Geno and Gerash sections, southeast Zagros, Iran

Hossein Gholamalian; Mohammad Kazem Kamali

Volume 33, Issue 4 , December 2023, Pages 127-144

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.402191.2095

Abstract
  Pteriomorpha, Heterodonta, Paleoheterodonta and Anomalodesmata bivalves from the Kazhdumi Formation of the Geno and Gerash sections in the southeast of  Zagros Mountains are studied here. In order to this research, bivalve speies are identified and described as follow: Arctica angulata, Birostrina ...  Read More

Tectonics
Orogenic and epeirogenic events in Iran

Mohammad R. Ghassemi; Ali Aghanabti; Abdollah Saeidi

Volume 33, Issue 1 , February 2023, , Pages 87-106

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2022.324032.1970

Abstract
  Correlation of the orogenic and epeirogenic events in Iran with the events that have been identified in different parts of the world and in different tectonic environments, has caused some confusion in the Iranian geological literature. After a brief review of the nature of known orogenic processes in ...  Read More

Petrology
Geology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of Taftan volcano: An approach to geodynamic of Makran-Chagai magmatic arc

Jalil Ghalamghash; Meysam Akbari; Reza Jamal

Volume 32, Issue 4 , December 2022, , Pages 83-102

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2022.323660.1969

Abstract
  The Taftan volcano hosts an extensive volcanic activity during Late Miocene to Quaternary where took place over Makran-Chagai subduction zone. Taftan rocks are mainly basaltic andesite, andesite, trachyandesite, and dacite that occur as lavas and pyroclastic rocks. They are characterized by basic-intermediate ...  Read More

Lithostratigraphy, facies and evaluation of sedimentation conditions of Late Miocene Lignite Beds based on paleontology and sedimetology evidence, in the eastern area of Tabriz

Enayatallah Haghfarshi; Peyman Rezaee; Seyed Reza Moosavi Harami; Mohammad Faridi

Volume 33, Issue 1 , February 2023, , Pages 3-26

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2022.343773.2001

Abstract
  Lignite Beds of Tabriz are among of the Neogene formations in the northwestern area of the Iran, which is spread in the eastern suburb of Tabriz. Its sedimentary facies includes facies groups of fine grains clastics, sandstones, limestones and facies of lignite, tuff and microfacies and petrofacies under ...  Read More

Economic Geology
Investigation of iron occurrence by geophysics, geochemistry, and tectonic setting of granitoids of the East of Kuh-e Dom, Central Iran

Shiva Farangi; Zahra Alaminia; Mohammad Vahedi; Hamzeh Sadeghisorkhani

Volume 33, Issue 2 , June 2023, , Pages 1-24

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.361759.2032

Abstract
  The studied area is located in N-Sonqor and in the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone. Field relationships and petrographic evidence show that volcanic rocks of the north of Bashirabad comprise of trachydacite to trachyandesite (and altered basaltic trachyandesite) and in the south of this area, it consists of andesite ...  Read More

Petrology
Geochemistry and petrogenesis of intrusive rocks of Chadormalu deposit; an implication on whole rock geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes

Niloofar Nayebi; Dariush Esmaeily; Sourosh Modabberi; Ryuichi Shinjo; Reza Deevsalar; Bernd Lehmann

Volume 32, Issue 4 , December 2022, , Pages 29-42

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2022.301762.1930

Abstract
  Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes and whole-rock geochemical analyses were carried out on plutonic rocks of the Chadormalu district to constrain the magmatic history of the Cadomian orogeny of the northern Gondwana margin during Late Precambrian–Early Paleozoic times. Despite the similarities in the geochemical ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Sedimentology
Palaeo-seismic events correlation in the west Makran with the Oman Sea depth sea cores’ physical and biological properties

Sedigheh Amjadi; Hamid Alizade Lahijani; Mohamad Hosein Mahmudy Gharaie; Razieh Lak; Nick Marriner

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 June 2024

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.389392.2070

Abstract
  AbstractAlthough the second deadliest tsunami in the Indian oceans was triggered in the Makran zone, our knowledge in regard to the number of tsunami events through the Holocene is negligible. In this study the sedimentary environment palaeo-tsunami have reconstructed and identified by Gulf of Oman deep ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Exploration and Mining
Use of the Gray Wolf Optimizer algorithm in separating anomalies from the background, Case study: Alut area

Kamran Mostafaei; Mohammadnabi Kianpour; Mahyar Yousefi

Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 21 June 2024

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.401546.2094

Abstract
  This article is devoted to introducing a novel application of the Gray Wolf Optimizer in one of the most challenging issues related to mineral exploration, anomaly separation from the background in stream sediment geochemical studies. The Alut geological sheet, located in the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone, which ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Exploration and Mining
Recovery of nickel from low-grade and high-grade arsenide (nickel) deposits based on comparing the performance of chemolithotrophic and heterotrophic bacteria and investigating the effect of different types of additives

zohreh boroumand; Hadi Abdollahi; Reza Shahbazi; Shabnam Asl Pashaki; MirSaleh MirMohamadi

Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 21 June 2024

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.406372.2100

Abstract
  Microbial-leaching of nickel from two arsenide ores (low- and high-grade samples) was precisely investigated. The microbial leaching of nickeline was accomplished with the admixture of mesophilic cultures in shake flasks with pulp densities of 0.5, 1, and 5% as well as 0.5, 1, and 3% respectively. The ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
Biostratigraphy of the Gurpi Formation based on planktonic foraminifera in the Fars area, Zagros basin

Maryam Alavi; Abbas Sadeghi; Mohammad Hossein Adabi; Nasrin Hadavandkhani; Yadolah Ezampanah

Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 21 June 2024

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.406025.2098

Abstract
  In order to study the biostratigraphy of the Gurpi Formation in the Fars area, a stratigraphic section is selected and sampled in the Sarbalesh anticline. The thickness of the Gurpi Formation in this section is 346.3 meters and its main lithology includes argillaceous limestone and shale. The lower boundary ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Exploration and Mining
Using U-spatial statistics method to identify and classify intensity of geochemical anomalies in the Neysian area

Amir Salimi; Samaneh Barak; Mahyar Yousefi

Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 22 September 2024

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.409411.2104

Abstract
  An accurate threshold value makes a precise geochemical separation into anomaly and background areas. The threshold assignment using structural methods are preferred to non-structural methods. In this research, the U-spatial statistics, a structural based method, was used to study soil type geochemical ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Petrology
Tectonic setting of a granitoid pluton in southwest of Neyasar, the central part of Urmia-Dokhtar magmatic arc; petrography, U-Pb geochronology, geochemistry and interpretation of aeromagnetic data approaches

Shima Shomali; Mansour Ghorbani; Mohamad Reza Ghasemi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 June 2024

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.410160.2107

Abstract
  The Marphioon pluton in the central part of Urmia-Dokhtar magmatic arc is among the Neotethyan oceanic lithosphere subduction-related intrusions. The composition of this pluton changes from granodiorite to tonalite. Marphioon granitoid gives rise to contact aureole zone with different peripheral thicknesses. ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Petroleum geology
Geochemical evaluation of potential source rocks based on Rock-Eval Pyrolysis and Vitrinite reflectance analyses in Foroozan oil field

Sadegh Barati Boldaji; Ebrahim Sefidari; Houshang Mehrabi; Seyed Mohammad Zamanzadeh

Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 21 June 2024

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.422750.2119

Abstract
  Geochemical evaluation of potential source rocks in Foroozan Field is carried out based on Rock-Eval pyrolysis and vitrinite reflectance analyses. For getting the results, 101 samples for Rock-Eval pyrolysis and 11 samples for vitrinite reflectance analysis were selected from Gurpi, Sarvak, Kazhdumi, ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
Biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy of the Guadalupian deposits of the Dalan Formation in the eastern of the Qatar-Persian Arc, Persian Gulf.

Fatemeh Rezvannia; Hossein Mosaddegh; Bijan Biranvand; Vahid Tavakoli; Galina Nestell; َAhmad Yahyaei

Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 20 January 2024

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2024.417435.2116

Abstract
  One of the most important carbonate gas reservoirs in the Zagros and Persian Gulf sedimentary basins is the Dalan Formation. This research investigates the microfacies, lithostratigraphy, and sequences of carbonate-evaporite deposits in the Lower member of the Dalan and the Nar member belonging to the ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Economic Geology
The condition of sulfidation state and hydrothermal fluid evolution on genesis of the quartz-sulfide ± gold veins in the Mouchesh deposit (southern Kurdistan): constraints on mineralization, fluid inclusions, and stable isotope of sulfur

Mehdi Moradi; Ebrahim Tale Fazel

Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 29 January 2024

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2024.416998.2115

Abstract
  Mouchesh gold deposit (0.7 Mt @ 1.3 g/t gold) is located in the Takab-Delijan gold belt. Mineralization with several 28 gold-bearing quartz-sulfide veins (N40E-trending, 1 to 10 m wide, and 5 to 200 m long) has been formed in the host of Lower Cretaceous andesite and andesitic lithic tuff units. Open ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Economic Geology
Hydrothermal alteration and gold mineralization in Kharestan-Bidester, Taftan area, southeast Iran

Pooya Seyed Salehi Naeini; Saeid alirezaei

Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 07 February 2024

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2024.436419.2130

Abstract
  The Kharestan-Bidester area, northwest of the Taftan volcano, is covered by a series of Plio-Quaternary lava flows and pyroclastic materials. The area is marked by extensive silicic and argillic alterations. The silicic zones, distinguished by vuggy texture, are bordered by advanced-intermediate argillic ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Petrology
Mineral characteristics and geodynamic setting of Kuh-siah peridotites, N Sabzevar ophiolite, NE Iran

Ghasem Ghorbani; Hanieh Dadgar; Hadi Shafaii Moghadam

Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 17 February 2024

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2024.409365.2110

Abstract
  The mantle sequence of the Kuh Siah ophiolitic suite is located at N Sabzevar and consists of harzburgite, dunite,, lherzolite, pyroxenite, and chromitite lenses. Fo% of olivines in peridotites are between 90-97%, and they have a relatively low NiO and are plotted in the Ezubonin-Mariana peridotites. ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Petrology
Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Biotite in granodiorites of Dalayon Area (South of Borujerd-Iran)

Seyevahid Shahrokhi

Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 10 March 2024

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2024.419564.2117

Abstract
  The Dalayon granitoid is located in the south of Borujerd and, is part of the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone. The lithological composition includes granodiorite, granite, pegmatite-granite, tonalite, quartz diorite, tourmaline-bearing pegmatite, and quartz-tourmaline veins intruded into volcanic and metamorphic ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Geological Environment and Engineering
the 28th July, 2022 Imamzadeh Davood flood ; Lessons for understanding the flood risk in the north of Tehran

razieh Lak; Ali Mohammadi; Javad Darvishikhatooni; Elnaz Aghaali

Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 16 March 2024

https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2024.370503.2038

Abstract
  Heavy rain falls in dray seasons with extreme water flow is one of the important factors in very intense damage urban areas and agricultural lands of the of arid and semi-arid plateaus and highlands. In semi-arid area such as southern flank of Alborz Mountain, neglecting the effect of geomorphologic ...  Read More