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Emplacement and evolution of the Alvand batholith in the shallow level of crust, Hamedan, West of Iran

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

2 M. Sc. Student, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

3 Professor, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

Abstract

The Alvand batholith is located in the south of the Hamedan city and in the northern part of the Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic zone. Porphyroid granite, quartz diorite and diorite are formed rock members of the mesocratic granitoids in the Alvand plutonic complex. Porphyroid coarse-grained granites make up the main volume of the Alvand bathilith. For study of minerals chemistry and thermobarometry of the mesocratic granitoids of the Alvand bathilith, microprobe analyses were carried out on the orthoclase, plagioclase and biotite in the porphyroid granites and were carried out on the amphibole, plagioclase and biotite in the quartz diorites and diorite. Mineral chemistry study shows that amphiboles in the quartz diorites are often of the magnesio-hornblende type and in the diorite are magnesio-hornblende and tschermakite type. Plagioclases in the porphyroid granite are albite and oligoclas type, in the quartz diorites are oligoclas and in the diorite are andesine type. Biotites in the mesocratic granitoids of these rocks are primary type and they are filled in the annite area. Results of thermobarometric study show that average of P-T conditions of amphibole crystallization in the mesocratic granitoids of the Alvand batholith are ~787 oC and ~1.46 Kb. Results of biotite thermobarometric study estimate that average of temperature and pressure of biotite solidification in mesocratic granitoids of the Alvand batholith are ~ 679 oC and 1.56 Kb. According to the pressure formation (~1.5 Kb) of the Alvand batholith, depth of its emplacement is estimated ~ 4.7 Km.

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Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences
Volume 28, Issue 110
December 2018
Pages 67-78
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