Document Type : Original Research Paper

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Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Payame Noor University, Iran

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The studied Chaltian granitoid is located in the endpoint of the southern Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone. This pluton has
Low-Al trondhjemitic composition with tholeiitic to transitional nature. The intrusion has been intruded in the early Mesozoic volcanic and sedimentary rocks.
According to U-Pb SHRIMP age dating of zircon grains, this pluton was intruded at the 187.5 ±3.2Ma ago. Studied pluton has low Al2O3, Sr/Y, (La/Yb)N ratio and less fractionated REE pattern. In the primitive mantle normalized spider diagrams, studied samples show enrichment of LIL elements such as K, Rb, Ba and Th relative to HFS elements and has negative anomaly in Ta, Nb and Ti elements, which are considered characteristic of magmas generated in subduction related settings. In terms of their origin, based on geological and geochemical characteristics, trondhjemitic melt has been generated by low pressure dehydration melting of amphibolitic source in an continental extensional tectonic setting related to subduction environment.

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