Panafrican basement and Mesozoic gabbro in the Zagros orogenic belt in the Dorud–Azna region (NW Iran): laser-ablation ICP–MS zircon ages and geochemistry

F Shakerardakani, F Neubauer, F Masoudi, B Mehrabi… - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Dorud–Azna region of the Sanandaj–Sirjan metamorphic zone (SSMZ) in NW
Iran is part of the Zagros orogenic belt and exposes an amphibolite-grade metamorphic …

Mineral chemistry and phase relations of Co–Ni arsenides and sulfarsenides from the Baycheh-Bagh deposit, Zanjan province, Iran

S Rezazadeh, MR Hosseinzadeh, JG Raith… - Ore geology …, 2020 - Elsevier
The polymetallic hydrothermal veins of Baycheh-Bagh deposit in NW Iran occur in quartz-
carbonate veins which are hosted by Oligocene to Miocene volcanic (mainly andesite) and …

[HTML][HTML] Source of gold and ore-forming processes in the Zarshuran gold deposit, NW Iran: Insights from in situ elemental and sulfur isotopic compositions of pyrite …

ET Fazel, J Pašava, FDH Wilke, A Oroji… - Ore Geology …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Zarshuran gold deposit (155 t Au, average grade: 2.63 g/t), NW Iran, provides a new
paradigm for understanding the multicomponent ore-forming processes and metallogeny of …

Zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes, bulk-rock geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes from late Neoproterozoic basement in the Mahneshan area, NW Iran: Implications for …

M Honarmand, W Xiao, G Nabatian, ML Blades… - Gondwana …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Mahneshan granite intrusions and granodiorite-gneiss bodies in northwest Iran are part
of the Takab magmatic–metamorphic complex, which includes numerous Precambrian …

Zircon U–Pb ages and Hf–O isotopic composition of migmatites from the Zanjan–Takab complex, NW Iran: constraints on partial melting of metasediments

HS Moghadam, XH Li, RJ Stern, G Ghorbani… - Lithos, 2016 - Elsevier
We study migmatites and other metamorphic rocks in the Zanjan–Takab region of NW Iran
and use these results to report the first evidence of Oligocene core complex formation in …

The Van microplate: a new microcontinent at the junction of Iran, Turkey, and Armenia

H Azizi, M Tsuboi - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In northwestern Iran, magmatic activity occurred during three main intervals: The
Cretaceous, Eocene, and Miocene-Quaternary. The first two phases of magmatic activity are …

Late Ediacaran iron formations in NW Iran: Origin, depositional age, tectonic and climatic significance

M Honarmand, G Nabatian, C Wagner, I Monsef… - Precambrian …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The late Neoproterozoic Takab banded iron formation (BIF) occurs in one of the
most important part of the Iranian plateau containing Precambrian crustal segments, now …

[HTML][HTML] Metamorphic stages in mountain belts during a Wilson cycle: A case study in the central Sanandaj–Sirjan zone (Zagros Mountains, Iran)

F Shakerardakani, F Neubauer, M Bernroider… - Geoscience …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polymetamorphic units are important constituents of continent–continent collisional orogens,
and rift metamorphic assemblages are often overprinted by subsequent metamorphism …

Multiple Early Paleozoic granitoids from the southeastern Qilian orogen, NW China: Magma responses to slab roll-back and break-off

H Yang, H Zhang, W Xiao, L Tao, Z Gao, B Luo… - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
The slab dynamic processes, such as roll-back during oceanic subduction and break-off
during collision orogenesis, would affect the movement of mantle material and the …

Prediction of uniaxial compressive strength and elastic modulus of migmatites using various modeling techniques

B Saedi, SD Mohammadi, H Shahbazi - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2018 - Springer
This study aims to develop several prediction models of uniaxial compressive strength
(UCS) and elastic modulus (E) of different migmatite rocks from four areas of the Sanandaj …