Zircon is often used to study granites (sensu lato) and continental crust because it very resistant can be analyzed for various isotope systems that provide time source information about their parental melts. Granites with different petrological histories have distinct bulk-rock silicon compositions but unclear if these differences are also detectable in zircon of superimposed fractionation eff...

biotite samples from different units of boroujerd granitoid complex (bgc) of the sanandaj-sirjan zone, western iran, have beenanalyzed by electron microprobe for major elements. biotite analyses from three units of quartzdiorite, granodiorite and monzograniteof bgc have their own distinct non-overlapping compositional fields in the annite – siderophyllite – phlogopite – eastonitequadrilateral (...

The Kashmar granitoid (43.5–42.4 Ma) forms an extensive part of iron–oxide type magmatic belt in northern side of the Doruneh Fault. It includes plutons of tonalite, granodiorite, granite and alkali feldspar granite which are metaluminous (ASI ≤ 1) in nature. They contain dominantly felsic minerals, representing I–type granites with low–temperature and low–pressure characteristics. According to...

the kuh shah prospecting area is located in tertiary volcano-plutonic belt of the lut block. more than seventeen subvolcanic intermediate to acidic intrusive rocks, diorite to syenite in composition, were identified in the study area. the intrusions are related to hydrothermal alteration zones and contain argillic, propylitic, advanced argillic, silicified, quartz-sericite-pyrite, gossan and hy...

A-type granites are typically formed in stable intra-plate, back-arc or postcollisional settings and characterized by highly ferroan potassic major element compositions, strong enrichment incompatible trace elements. Unlike I-, S- M-type granites, where the letters denote dominant source material (igneous, sedimentary mantle derived), there is no consensus on processes giving rise to magmas. In...

the study area is located south of ghonabad in eastern iran. this area is situated between two major faults, darouneh to the north and dashtbyaz to the south. the movements of these faults cased major dislocation of this block. najmabad granodiorite to granite batholith is elongated trending east-west 2×8 km2. mineralization is associated with granite and monzonite. alteration zones are: propyl...

three granitoid bodies, shirkuh batholith, kaffe abad and ader bolandan are exposed in nw yazd, cutting across the naiband formation (upper triassic), and overlain by cretaceous formations. shirkuh batholith is most likely of jurassic age. it seems to be the first and the most significant episode of magmatism in studied area which occurred in middle jurassic (late cimmerian) time. on the other ...