Volume 16, Issue 1 (4-2008)                   www.ijcm.ir 2008, 16(1): 141-158 | Back to browse issues page

XML Persian Abstract Print


Abstract:   (8640 Views)

The ophiolitic complex of eastern Birjand consists of various rocks of a complete ophiolitic complex. Except for basaltic pillow lavas which are changed to metabasites such as eclogites and blueschists under metamorphic conditions, all other rock types of an ophiolitic complex could be seen in this sequence. Chemistry of garnets and their zoning patterns indicates the occurrence of subduction in the study area. The presence of the low-temperature and medium-temperature eclogites in the study area also may show the collision process between Lut and Afghan Blocks which has occurred after the subduction process. This collision process has lead to the occurrence of medium-temperature eclogites in response to the increase of temperature in the study area and then uplifting of the eclogitic rocks during the emplacement of area ophiolite in the suture zone between Lut and Afghan Blocks.

Full-Text [PDF 106 kb]   (984 Downloads)    
Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special

Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.