Niabad-Qalaje ophiolitic complex is part of Sarvabad ophiolites in Kurdistan that exposed in northwest of Iran and the north of Kermanshah Ophiolites. The complex located in north of Zagros orogeny, consists of lens form, tectonically dismembered ophiolitic sequences located along the main Zagros trust. The ultramafic part includes serpentinized dunite and wherlite, serpentinite and chromitite ...

Soltanabad metamorphic complex cropped out in the ophiolitic range of NE Sabzevar. There is a distinct gneissic body exposed in this complex which is associated with metabasite, serpentinite and adakitic intrusions. Quartz, albite, epidote, amphibole, garnet and chlorite are the rock forming minerals of gneissic samples. Based on abundances of light and dark minerals, different types of felsic,...

Ophiolitic complex of Sahneh could be considered as part of ophiolite sequences in the Zagros Suture Zone.This complex is a part of 3000 km belt, which is started from Syria after crossing south Turkey and Zagros leading to Oman. The studied ophiolitic complex is curvature in shape which is situated in south of Sahneh. No complete ophiolite sequence were seen in this complex. In general, t...

The study area forms part of the Zagros Zone. It is located on the NW of Piranshahr town, NW Iran. The study of altered peridotite clasts of the Creteceous conglomerate is the main subject of this research. They have polygenetic origins having calcite as the constituent cement. The size of clast is ranging from mm to cm including sedimentary and metamorphic rocks fragments, altered peridotites ...

The Darvazeh-Chenar mafic- ultramafic body is part of ophiolitic complex of Neyriz in Fars Province that formed in association with closing of Neo-Tethys Ocean and Arabian- Iranian plate collision in Cretaceous. The Faryab ophiolitic rocks are also remnant of block of Tethys oceanic crust that were obducted on continental margins in late Cretaceous period. MgO, Fe2O3, Al2O3, Cr2O3 and TiO2 cont...