Supra-subduction zone tectonic setting of the Muslim Bagh Ophiolite, northwestern Pakistan: Insights from geochemistry and petrology

Role of supra-subduction zone ophiolites in the tectonic evolution of the southeastern Zagros Orogenic Belt, Iran

Ophiolitic rocks in the southeastern part of the Zagros Orogenic Belt can be separated from southwest to northeast, into two groups: the Neyriz ophiolites and the Naien–Shahrebabak–Baft ophiolites. The southeast sector of Sanandaj-Sirjan wasdelimited by the two nearly synchronous ophiolitic belts in its southwestern and northeastern margins. In this study, new ophiolitic formation models were u...

Petrology of MantleWedge Lithosphere: New Data on Supra-Subduction Zone Peridotite Xenoliths from the Andesitic AvachaVolcano, Kamchatka

Peridotite xenoliths in arc volcanoes are very rare, usually small and remain poorly studied. Much of the earlier work focused on peridotites affected by re-crystallization, metasomatism and veining that took place shortly before the eruption of the host magmas; such lithologies may not be widespread in the mantle wedge.This study reports petrographic, major and trace element data for 17 large,...

Geochemistry of continental subduction-zone fluids

The composition of continental subduction-zone fluids varies dramatically from dilute aqueous solutions at subsolidus conditions to hydrous silicate melts at supersolidus conditions, with variable concentrations of fluid-mobile incompatible trace elements. At ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic conditions, supercritical fluids may occur with variable compositions. The water component of these ...

Petrology, Geochemistry and Tectonic Significance of Serpentinised Ultramafic Rocks from the South Arm of Sulawesi, Indonesia

Petrology, geochemistry, and petrogenesis of mafic dykes from the Kermanshah Ophiolite in Sahneh-Harsin area of Western Iran

The Kermanshah ophiolite complex is a part of the Mediterranean–Zagros–Oman Tethyan ophiolites, located in the structural–tectonic zone of western Iran in the northern part of the Zagros main thrust. Doleritic sheeted dykes are well exposed within the ophiolite in the south of Sahneh. These dykes contain high MgO, Na2O, low TiO2 (2O5, and K2O contents, and high FeOt/MgO and LILE/HFSE ratios. Th...