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Protolith nature and P–T evolution of Variscan metamorphic rocks from the Allahyarlu complex, NW Iran

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Mohssen Moazzen Open the ORCID record for Mohssen Moazzen [Opens in a new window] ,
Zohreh Salimi ,
Yann Rolland ,
Michael Bröcker  and
Robab Hajialioghli
Mohssen Moazzen*
Affiliation:
School of Arts and Sciences, University of Central Asia, Khorog, 736000, Tajikistan Department of Earth Sciences, University of Tabriz, 51666, Tabriz, Iran
Zohreh Salimi
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Tabriz, 51666, Tabriz, Iran
Yann Rolland
Affiliation:
Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, OCA, IRD, Géoazur, Sophia Antipolis, France
Michael Bröcker
Affiliation:
Institut für Mineralogie, Westfälische-Wilhelms Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
Robab Hajialioghli
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Tabriz, 51666, Tabriz, Iran
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Author for correspondence: Mohssen Moazzen, Email: mohssen.moazzen@ucentralasia.org
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Abstract

Metamorphic rocks associated with ophiolitic rocks occur on the eroded surface of a NW–SE-trending anticline in the Allahyarlu area, NW Iran, between the Caucasus and Zagros orogenic belts. Metapelitic rocks consist mainly of quartz, muscovite chlorite, altered biotite and garnet. S1 is the pervasive schistosity, wrapping garnet, which is folded by the second schistosity (S2). The amphibolite records only one phase of deformation as the main lineation. The rocks experienced metamorphism up to the amphibolite facies, then overprinted by greenschist facies condition. Thermobarometry indicates an average pressure of c. 5 kbar and an average temperature of c. 600 °C for the amphibolite facies metamorphism, corresponding to a ∼33 °C km−1 geothermal gradient in response to a thick magmatic arc setting. Greenschist facies metamorphism shows re-equilibration of the rocks during exhumation. Amphibolites whole rock geochemistry shows trace elements patterns similar to both island arc and back-arc basin basalts, suggesting that the protolith-forming magma of the amphibolites was enriched at shallow to medium depth of a subduction system. Negative Nb anomaly and slight enrichment in light rare earth elements (LREE) and large-ion lithophile elements (LILE) of the amphibolites indicate arc-related magmatism for their protolith and a back-arc sialic setting for their formation. 40Ar–39Ar dating on muscovite separated from two gneiss samples, and hornblende separated from three amphibolite samples, documents a Variscan (326–334 Ma) age. The magmatic and metamorphic rock association of the Allahyarlu area suggests the existence of an active continental margin arc during the Variscan orogeny, without clear evidence for a continental collision.

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metapeliteamphiboliteP–T estimatesactive continental marginVariscan orogenyNW Iran
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Geological Magazine , Volume 157 , Issue 11 , November 2020 , pp. 1853 - 1876
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