Soursat Metamorphic Complex (SMC) in west of Takab city is one of the polyphase metamorphic terrenes in northern Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic belt of Iran. The SMC composed mainly of metasedimentary rocks associated with granitic intrusions. Based on metamorphic rocks, two metamorphic phases could be separate in the complex. M1 is representative of regional metamorphisms which varies from greens...

The Himalayan range exposes a spectacular assemblage of metamorphic rocks from the midand deep crust that have fostered numerous models of how the crust responds to continental collisions. Recent petrogenetically based petrologic and geochronologic studies elucidate processes with unprecedented resolution and critically test models that range from continuum processes to one-time events. The pro...

The rare earth elements (REE) are composed of the Lanthanide Series of 15 elements with atomic numbers (57) through (71) and yttrium (39). Because of their geochemical behavior, REE rarely form their own minerals and more commonly are found incorporated within the structure of other minerals. There is growing concern over the economical availability of REE because of their diverse and expanding...

The crystalline basement of New Zealand shows a chi-shaped combination of the straight Alpine Fault and a curved late Paleozoic continental margin, so that the plutonic basement of northern Fiordland converges toward the plane of the Alpine Fault. On the ground along Milford Sound the petrography suggests (1) a gradual change from amphibolite and granulite fades in the west to igneous fabrics d...

The Omai intrusion-centred Au-quartz vein system, the largest Au producer presently operating in the Guyana Shield, was sampled for detailed U-Pb and Pb-Pb geochronology and petrological investigation. The age of a metavolcanic/sub-volcanic unit in the host rock sequence is 212092 Ma. Zircon analyses from the main body dioritic rocks give U-Pb ages of 209496, 2092911 and 2096+11/−10 Ma. Magmati...

An assemblage of hydrous, Cl-bearing alteration-induced minerals is present within 150 m of footwall-style Cu–Ni–PGE sulfide mineralization hosted by the Sudbury Breccia at the Fraser Copper zone, Fraser mine, Onaping–Levack area, Ontario. The pyroxene hornfels to hornblende hornfels contact-metamorphic aureole of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC) contains less than 15 modal % hydroxysilicates....