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1 Department of Geology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Geology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

3 School of Geology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

4 Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy

5 Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Abstract

Takhte-Soleyman ortho-amphibolites as a part of Takab metamorphic complex are located in Northeast Takab. These rocks consist of amphibolite, Garnet-amphibolite, Kyanite-Garnet-amphibolite, Hornblendite and Epidote-amphibolite. Petrography and whole- rock geochemistry show that basalt, andesite and/or their intrusive equivalents with calc- alkaline to tholeiitic affinity and even a peridotite could be their protoliths. Trace element and Sr-Nd ratios imply that these rocks were from mantle melt sources. In chondrite normalized plots, these amphibolites can be classified into at least two groups. The first group is characterized by LREE depletion relative to HREEs and some with flat patterns. The second has an enrichment of LREEs relative to HREEs. These two different patterns and some other geochemical characters suggest MORB or MORB-like and arc affinities of the parental magmas. This can be related to the time progressive evolution of magmatism either from MORB or Back-arcto Arc or from Arc to Back-arc setting.

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