Document Type : Original Research Paper
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1 Student of Beheshti university
2 Faculty of Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran
3 Department of Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The provenance of Jeirud Formation deposits (upper Devonian) in central Alborz has been investigated from study of siliciclastic sandstones (petrography, modal analysis and Heavy minerals assemblage) and mudstones (major and minor elements geochemistry). An integration of results suggest a mixture of basic to acidic igneous rocks and recycling of older sedimentary rocks as the provenance that weathered under cold and arid to semi-arid climatic conditions. An integration of modal analysis and heavy minerals results into the geochemical studies including Roser and korsch diagram (Log K2O/Na2O versus SiO2) and Verma and Armstrong-Altrin Functional diagrams, indicate that, siliciclastic rocks of Jeirud, resulted from weathering of acidic-intermediate to basic rocks of collisional tectonic provenances (recycled orogens) and transporting on craton interior and have been deposited on a passive margin basin.
Investigations and comparison with McLennan et al., studies, represent that geochemical results and proportions of study area are consistent with those of old upper continental crust (OUC) typical of collisional tectonic settings.
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