the eocene volcanic rocks from the southwest of the jandaq (kuh-e-godar-e-siah, central-east iran micro-continent) are andesitic basalt and andesite in composition. these rocks contain xenoliths with granulitic mineralogy. mineral assemblage of these xenoliths is plagioclase + phlogopite + corundum + sillimanite + chlorite + phengite with granublastic, poiklioblastic and foliated textures in th...

chlorite flakes, as a product of alteration of biotite, the dominant ferromagnesian mineral in the paleozoic granitic rocks of the canadian appalachians, have been analyzed by electron microprobe for major elements and by 57fe m?ssbauer spectroscopy for the coordination and oxidation state of fe. comparison of m?ssbauer fe3+/fe ratios obtained from chlorite and its host biotite indicates that c...

sorkheh-dizaj apatite-iron oxide deposit is located 32 km southeast of zanjan. the area is situated within the tarom subzone of western alborz-azarbaijan structural zone. the oldest units at the sorkheh-dizaj area are eocene trachyte, trachyandesite, olivine basalt and volcanoclastic brecciate tuff and lapilli tuff which intruded by a quartz-monzonite, monzonite and granite subvolcanic pluton o...

Introduction: The ~10 km in diameter, deeply eroded Paasselkä impact structure [1-3] (Fig. 1), hosted by ~1.9 Ga Paleoproterozoic crystalline rocks of the Svecofennian Domain of the Baltic Shield (e.g., [4]), is the third largest of eleven impact structures currently known in Finland [5]. A recent geological summary of the Paasselkä impact structure and a petrographic-geochemical description of...

The mechanical properties of any substance are essential facts to understand its behaviour and make the maximum use of the particular substance. Rocks are indeed an important substance, as they are of significant use in the energy industry, specifically for fossil fuels and geothermal energy. Attenuation of seismic waves is a non-destructive technique to investigate mechanical properties of res...