Petrogenesis of Volcanic Rocks in the Khabr-Marvast Tectonized Ophiolite:Evidence for Subduction Processes in the South-Western Margin of Central Iranian Microcontinent
[1]Faculty of Earth Sciences Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran [2]Institute for Earth Sciences, Geological Survey of Iran, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:
The Late Cretaceous Khabr-Marvast tectonized ophiolite is located in the middle part of the Nain-Baft ophiolite belt,at the south-western edge of the central Iranian microcontinent.Although all the volcanic rocks in the study area indicate subduction-related magmatism(e.g.high LILE(large ion lithophile elements) / HFSE(high field strenght elements) ratios and negative anomalies in Nb and Ta), geological and geochemical data clearly distinguish two distinct groups of volcanic rocks in the tectonized associat...