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Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of the Raveh Neogene Volcanic andSub-Volcanic Rocks in the Urumieh – Dokhtar Magmatic Belt (Central Iran)

Document Type : Original Research Paper

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1 Associate Professor Islamic Azad University, Eslam-shahr Branch, Tehran, Iran

2 Ph.D, Tarbiat Modares University, Basic Sciences Faculty, Department of Geology, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Tarbiat Modares University, Basic Sciences Faculty, Department of Geology, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Miocene to Pliocene volcanic rocks in the Raveh region have exposed northern part of the Urumieh - Dokhtar Magmatic Belt. Neogene volcanic rocks are situated on Upper Red Formation. Magmatic activity separated in two phase. The first phase is composed of basic to intermediate volcanic rocks such as basaltic-andesite to andesitic lavas and pyroclastics (Ngv1).The second phase has intermediate to acidic rocks as well as andesite, quartz andesite and dacite (Ngv2).According to geochemical data, these samples show magmatic affinities to the calc-alkaline series. REE and trace element patterns show LREE enrichment relative to HREE, depletion in Nb, Ta and Ti, and also high Th/Yb and Th/Nb ratios relative to MORB and OIB. The parent magma of the Raveh volcanic rocks, with calc-alkaline compositions, has been originated probably from the metasomatized mantle with effective of fluids and sediment resulted from the Neothytian subducting slab. After collision between Arabian plate and Central Iran Block in Early Cenozoic, region experienced of crustal thickening and volcanism activity formed in relation to localized extensional basin in Early Miocene to Early Pliocene. The volcanism postdates continental collision, occurring in transtentional tectonic setting.

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Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences
Volume 22, Issue 85
December 2013
Pages 91-104
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