The study area is located about 110 Km south of Shahrood in north of Central Iran structural zone. There are many cumulate enclaves with ferroanpargasite gabbroic composition within the Middle Eocene basic volcanic rocks in the study area. Amphiboles are one of the most important minerals in gabbroic cumulates and host basaltic rocks. Based on results of electron microprobe analyses, amphibole ...

In order to study land degradation from the soil genesis and micromorphological perspective, ten soil profiles were dug and described on five slope positions in both forest and deforested cultivated land. The soil samples were taken from all horizons for physico-chemical analysis and micromorphological studies. Forest soils had a well developed argillic and calcic horizons and also mollic epipe...