Demingding is a promising porphyry Mo-dominated deposit recently discovered in the eastern Gangdese metallogenic belt Tibet, China. We present zircon U-Pb-Lu-Hf isotopic studies, as well geochemical data of late monzogranites and prior rhyolites from to uncover their origin geodynamic mechanism. Zircon U–Pb dating yielded precise crystallization ages 17.3 ± 0.6 Ma (MSWD = 2.5) 186.5 3.0 2.0) fo...

As an important tectonic unit of Eastern Tethyan domain, Sanjiang orogenic belt started from the expansion, subduction, subtraction and closure Paleozoic Paleo-Tethys Ocean, went through opening Neo-Tethys Ocean subduction collision process Indian continent ended in Himalayan comprehensive intracontinental convergence uplift orogeny, forming a giant composite composed several island arc belts s...

Mantle-melt evolution processes in the earliest stage of subduction initiation (SI) are still ambiguous. Here, we report systematic petrogeochemical and physical records SI demonstrated by Gomsiqe massif, Mirdita ophiolite. The ultramafic body consists basal lherzolites, upper harzburgites containing lentoid dunites disseminated chromitites, displaying transition petrological (Cr# spinels range...

The mineralogy and geochemistry of Paleocene shales and interbedded siltstones in the southwestern of Ahar town (NW Iran) were studied by optical microscopy, XRD, SEM, XRF, and ICP-MS techniques. The mineralogical composition, mainly characterized by calcite, quartz, feldspar, dolomite, muscovite, magnesiohornblende, chlorite, illite, montmorionite, palygorskite, and koninckite, suggests relati...

In the Makran area, a wide accretionary wedge is originated by north-dipping subduction of Neo-Tethyan oceanic lithosphere. The rear represented North Domain that consists an imbricate stack tectonic units derived from closure basin. This basin opened southward Eurasia continental margin during Early Cretaceous. Bajgan Complex interpreted as Paleozoic or older metamorphic basement representing ...

in the central iranianvolcanic belt (civb), north-west of shahre-babak, in the area of javazm, dehaj and khabr, about 60 subvolcanic porphyritic dacitic to rhyodacitic domes (1-10 km2) are intruded into a variety of rock sequences from mesozoic to early miocene in age. these rocks are a part of dehaj-sardoieh belt. the civb contains intrusive and extrusive rocks of cretaceous-quaternary age. ge...

In the Central IranianVolcanic Belt (CIVB), north-west of Shahre-Babak, in the area of Javazm, Dehaj and khabr, about 60 subvolcanic porphyritic dacitic to rhyodacitic domes (1-10 km2) are intruded into a variety of rock sequences from Mesozoic to Early Miocene in age. These rocks are a part of Dehaj-Sardoieh belt. The CIVB contains intrusive and extrusive rocks of Cretaceous-Quaternary age. Ge...

Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran is one of the hypersaline lakes of world. In the Urmia region a Cenozoic island arc was formed by northeastward subduction of Neo-Tethyan oceanic plate beneath central Iran; the lake is therefore located in the fore-arc basin tectonic setting. Satellite imagery of the Urmia region illustrates that the trend of faults are in two main NE-SW and NW-SE directions. Th...