<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Bahram-Gur area in the southeastern part of the Sanandaj – Sirjan metamorphic zone, contains metabasites and metasediments. The metasedimentary rocks are mainly garnet schists and garnet-staurolite schists that were metamorphosed under amphibolite facies conditions. The rocks consist of garnet ± staurolite, biotite, muscovite, chlorite and quartz. The geochemistry of the Bahram-Gur metasediments classifies them as quartziferous sedimentary rocks. The protoliths of the metasedimentary rocks were close to greywackes from an ensialic arc basin depositional setting, with a source comprising mostly mixture of acid and intermediate magmatic rocks in the upper continental crust. The metamorphic conditions of formation of the Bahram-Gur metasedimentary are investigated by geothermobarometric methods. The results show that the metasedimentary rocks formed at temperatures of 600-750°C and pressures of 5-7.5 kbar.</p></abstract>

The Bahram-Gur area in the southeastern part of the Sanandaj – Sirjan metamorphic zone, contains metabasites and metasediments. The metasedimentary rocks are mainly garnet schists and garnet-staurolite schists that were metamorphosed under amphibolite facies conditions. The rocks consist of garnet ± staurolite, biotite, muscovite, chlorite and quartz. The geochemistry of the Bahram-Gur metasediments classifies them as quartziferous sedimentary rocks. The protoliths of the metasedimentary rocks were close to greywackes from an ensialic arc basin depositional setting, with a source comprising mostly mixture of acid and intermediate magmatic rocks in the upper continental crust. The metamorphic conditions of formation of the Bahram-Gur metasedimentary are investigated by geothermobarometric methods. The results show that the metasedimentary rocks formed at temperatures of 600-750°C and pressures of 5-7.5 kbar.

Geochemistry, mineral chemistry and P-T evaluation of metasediments of Bahram-Gur complex, ES Sanandaj-Sirjan zone, Iran

Earth and Environmental Sciences Department

Mineralogia

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The Bahram-Gur area in the southeastern part of the Sanandaj – Sirjan metamorphic zone, contains metabasites and metasediments. The metasedimentary rocks are...

Geochemistry, mineral chemistry and P-T evaluation of metasediments of Bahram-Gur complex, ES Sanandaj-Sirjan zone, Iran

Published Online: Apr 03, 2020

Page range: 34 - 68

Received: Jan 12, 2019

Accepted: Dec 30, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mipo-2019-0003

Keywords
Bahram-Gur area, Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, metamorphic conditions, metasediments, geothermobarometry

© 2019 Hadiseh Rahimi Sadegh et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Geochemistry, mineral chemistry and P-T evaluation of metasediments of Bahram-Gur complex, ES Sanandaj-Sirjan zone, Iran

Published Online: Apr 03, 2020

Page range: 34 - 68

Received: Jan 12, 2019

Accepted: Dec 30, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mipo-2019-0003

KeywordsBahram-Gur area, Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, metamorphic conditions, metasediments, geothermobarometry

© 2019 Hadiseh Rahimi Sadegh et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Bahram-Gur area, Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, metamorphic conditions, metasediments, geothermobarometry