the lalezar granitoids crop out within volcanic successions of the urumieh-dokhtar magmatic assemblage (udma). these granitoids have a range from gabbro-diorites to granites in composition. the mineral compositions of the most felsic rocks are characterized by the abundances of na-plagioclase, quartz, alkali feldspar, biotite and hornblende. in the gabbro-diorite rocks, plagioclase (ca-rich), h...

Abstract The Sao Joao do Sabugi Pluton (SJSP) (∼579 Ma) is one of the most expressive occurrences Ediacaran, syn- to post-collisional shoshonitic rocks in Rio Piranhas-Serido Domain, Borborema Province, NE Brazil. petrography, whole rock and mineral composition this pluton were investigated characterize its open-system magmatic differentiation processes. composed three groups: gabbro-diorite, w...

introduction geological background ophiolites have played a major role in our understanding of earth’s processes ranging from seafloor spreading, melt evolution and magma transport in oceanic spreading centers, and hydrothermal alteration and mineralization of oceanic crust to collision tectonics, mountain building processes, and orogeny. they provide the essential structural, petrological, geo...

Qara Aqaj titanium potential is one of the two major known titanium resources in Iran. The main host rocks of the ore body are ultramafics including wehrlite and lherzolite with minor clinopyroxenite. Qara Aqaj intrusion is composed mainly of ultramafic-mafic rocks, layered gabbro, diorite, microdiorite and some monzonite and alkali syenite. This intrusion has intruded the basement complex (amp...

The Shiquanhe–Laguoco–Yongzhu–Jiali ophiolite mélange belt in Tibet includes the Laguoco Tso as part of its western segment. Researchers studying evolution Tibetan Plateau and Tethys have taken a keen interest debated relationship between this Bangong–Nujiang belt. However, there is little research field. This study reports rock geochemistry, SIMS (the secondary ion mass spectrometry) zircon U-...

• The gabbro was originated from metasomatized lithospheric mantle. hornblende formed mixing of asthenosphere and slab breakoff propagated eastward under the Lhasa terrane in Paleocene-Eocene. Past geodynamic events can be reconstructed using spatial temporal patterns geochemical variability igneous rocks. Here we apply this principle to define timing geometry Neo-Tethyan after India-Asia colli...