Adakites, high-Nb basalts and copper–gold deposits in magmatic arcs and collisional orogens: an overview

P Kepezhinskas, N Berdnikov, N Kepezhinskas… - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Adakites are Y-and Yb-depleted, SiO2-and Sr-enriched rocks with elevated Sr/Y and La/Yb
ratios originally thought to represent partial melts of subducted metabasalt, based on their …

Middle to Late Miocene K-rich magmatism in Central Iran: Geochemical characterization of the post-collision mantle beneath the Urumieh–Dokhtar magmatic arc

S Babazadeh, T Furman, M Santosh, D Raeisi… - Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
High-K magmatism of the central Urumieh–Dokhtar magmatic arc (UDMA) documents the
final stages of Neo-Tethyan Ocean subduction. The temporal and spatial development of …

Zircon U-Pb ages, geochemistry, and Sr-Nd isotope ratios for early cretaceous magmatic rocks, southern Saqqez, northwestern Iran

S Gholipour, H Azizi, F Masoudi, Y Asahara, M Tsuboi - Geochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone (SaSZ) is one of the most dynamic structural zones of Iran,
which is divided into three main parts: Northern, Central and Southern. The northern SaSZ …

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 …

Continental crust variance between post-collisional compressional and extensional domains controlled magmatic activity at Damavand volcano, Northern Iran

H Azizi, F Nouri, Y Asahara, M Minami… - International Geology …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Quaternary Damavand stratovolcano, with an elevation of 5670 m, is the
highest mountain in Iran and is the subject of this study. The main rocks are trachyandesite …

Break-away of South China from Gondwana: Insights from the Silurian high-Nb basalts and associated magmatic rocks in the Diancangshan-Ailaoshan fold belt (SW …

H Liu, X Xia, CK Lai, C Gan, Y Zhou, P Huangfu - Lithos, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Diancangshan-Ailaoshan fold belt (Yunnan, SW China) represents the
remnants of the once vast Ailaoshan Ocean, a branch or back-arc basin of the Eastern …

High-field-strength-element enriched arc rocks witness subducted mélange recycling in upwelling asthenosphere

H Liu, AR Hastie, CM Petrone - Lithos, 2024 - Elsevier
Arc rocks, as the most common product of plate subduction factory, are generally
characterized by high field strength element (HFSE) depletions. However, HFSE-enriched …

Strongly peraluminous leucogranite (Ebrahim-Attar granite) as evidence for extensional tectonic regime in the Cretaceous, Sanandaj Sirjan zone, northwest Iran

H Azizi, K Mohammadi, Y Asahara, M Tsuboi… - Geochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ebrahim-Attar (EBAT) leucogranite body is intruded within the Jurassic
metamorphic complex of the Ghorveh area, located in the northern part of the Sanandaj …

A showcase of igneous processes in the Urumieh-Dokhtar Magmatic Arc: the Miocene-Quaternary collisional magmatism of the Bijar-Qorveh area, northwest Iran

L Fedele, B Rahimzadeh, G Salari, S Agostini… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Cenozoic Arabia–Iran continental collision was associated with emplacement
of a large variety of magmatic rock types. This aspect is particularly evident in the Bijar …

Early Miocene post-collision andesite in the Takab Area, NW Iran

H Azizi, N Daneshvar, A Mohammadi… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Miocene magmatic rocks are exposed as lava flows (OKV group), subvolcanic rocks (SRG
group), and as lavas interbedded with shallow-basin sedimentary layers (TVN group) in the …