Zircon grains were separated from lunar regolith and rocks returned from four Apollo landing sites, and analyzed in situ by secondary ion mass spectrometry. Many regolith zircons preserve magmatic dO and trace element compositions and, although out of petrologic context, represent a relatively unexplored resource for study of the Moon and possibly other bodies in the solar system. The combinati...

This study focusses on bleaching phenomena the pore scale in an Olenekian (Upper Buntsandstein) sandstone quarry. The area exposes a 10 m thick red body with up to cm-sized, greyish-white laminae sandstones. Analyses focus bleached and unbleached zones same cm-sized samples. Bleached show larger grain size (by 27 μm), less compaction higher porosity 3 %). They also exhibit stronger cementation ...

study area is located in district of bajestan and ferdows cities, ne of iran. structurally, this area is part of lut block. the oldest exposed rocks, to the north of intrusive rocks and in eastern bajestan, are meta-chert, slate, quartzite, thin-bedded crystalline limestone and meta-argillite. the sedimentary units are: sardar formation (carboniferous), jamal formation (permian), sorkh shale an...

Modal analysis of sandstones for conglomerate rich marine basins is useful investigating the provenance types surrounded by plate tectonics. Different kinds siliciclastic rocks are important indicators defining paleogeography and geotectonic conditions sedimentary basin analysis. This paper, which focuses on petrography turbidite systems, one rarest studies characteristics in scientific literat...

jebale barez plutonic complex is composed of granitoid intrusive bodyes and is located in the east - north east jiroft and  southeastern province of kerman on the lengths of the 57° 45' east to 58° 00' and northern latitudes  28° 30' to 29° 00'. plutonic complex composed of granodiorite, quartzdiorite, monzogranite and porphyritic granite. the microstructures observed in thi...

two types of mineralization including porphyry copper and epithermal gold mineralization have occurred in relation with an intermediate volcano-plutonic complex in masjeddaghi area. different alterations including silica, advanced argillic, intermediate argillic and propylitic have been distinguished in relation with epithermal mineralization, which have a zonal pattern. elemental mass gains an...

the study area is a part of the sanandaj-sirjan metamorphic belt comprising low- to high-graderegional and contact metamorphic rocks that are intruded by various plutonic bodies. garnet crystals areabundant in pelitic schists, amphibole schists, migmatites, hornfelses and aplites. they are mostly almandinerich(xalm>60) pyralspite garnets and show dodecahedron, trapezohedron and mixed (dodecahed...