Document Type : Original Research Paper

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1 Ph.D., Department of Geology, Islamic Azad University (North Tehran Branch), Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Islamic Azad University (Mashhad Branch), Razavi Khorasan, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Islamic Azad University (North Tehran Branch), Tehran, Iran

4 Professor, Department of Geology, Islamic Azad University (North Tehran Branch), Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The current study was conducted on sedimentary units of the 1:100000 sheet of Jam and Sorkheh in Semnan Province, northeast of Iran. Because of its special geochemical properties, lithium can be concentrated in sedimentary rocks with clay minerals. Samples were collected from stream sediments and lithogeochemical in three steps and were processed using Concentration-Number fractal modeling. Concentration-Number fractal modeling is a suitable geochemical exploration method to separate anomaly from the background. It was utilized to identify anomalous areas for lithum and the results were presented in the form of maps. As a result, The Gharavol kooh area of Biabanak in central part of sheet of Sorkheh.
According to the lithology of the area, which contains marl and clay minerals (Illite and Cholorit), It was main anomaly between the two sheets. This area should be further investigated in Detailed exploration studies.

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