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  1 - Tourmaline genesis in the metamorphic and magmatic rocks of Gasht-e- Rudkhan district (Gasht metamorphic Complex, West of Rasht)
  Maryam Mohammadi   Abbas Asiabanha Kazem Gholizadeh
  Gasht metamorphic complex crops out in the Talesh Mountains (Western Alborz). This complex mainly consists of metapelitic and granitic rocks. Tourmaline is prevalent as an accessory phase within these rocks. In schist samples, dravitic tourmaline is abundant as nucleati More

  Gasht metamorphic complex crops out in the Talesh Mountains (Western Alborz). This complex mainly consists of metapelitic and granitic rocks. Tourmaline is prevalent as an accessory phase within these rocks. In schist samples, dravitic tourmaline is abundant as nucleation component and fine size, and displays compositional zoning. Dravitic tourmaline of gneissic samples are coarser and homogenous. Tourmaline of the migmatites are restricted to both leucosome and melanosome parts. Brown tourmalines of garnet-bearing melanosome are magnesiofoitite in composition and similar to the other mafic phases of melanosome, indicate a residuum nature. However, dravitic tourmalines of the garnet – free melanosome are coarse crystalline and have grown over biotite with green pleochroism. The composition of the leucogranite tourmalines are schorlitic and they become dravitic toward rims. Different types of replacement are observed in the tourmaline composition of Gasht complex. According to the compositional signatures, metapelites tourmaline were formed mainly under metamorphic conditions, while the one of the leucogranites have been formed in the magmatic conditions. Probably B-bearing fluids of Gasht complex in the high grade metamorphism caused lowering of the temperature of water-bearing solidus of granite. This resulted in facilitating of migmatitization process. Furthermore, boron element caused decreasing of leucosome viscosity, mobilization and easier fractionation of melt from melanosome and creation of adjacent leucogranites. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Garmichay metapelites, NW Iran: whole rock chemistry, provenance and metamorphic conditions
  Amir Mahamed Mohsen Moayyed Monir Modjarrad
  The whole rock chemistry of the Garmichay metapelites located in the north of Miyaneh, NW Iran, is investigated to reveal the provenance and metamorphic conditions of the rocks. Petrofabric observations have revealed the syn-tectonic nature of regional metamorphic cordi More

  The whole rock chemistry of the Garmichay metapelites located in the north of Miyaneh, NW Iran, is investigated to reveal the provenance and metamorphic conditions of the rocks. Petrofabric observations have revealed the syn-tectonic nature of regional metamorphic cordierite porphyroblasts in the metapelites. C' shear band structure is another feature that is observed in the rocks. Two regional metamorphic phases (RMP1, RMP2), one contact metamorphic phase (CMP) and two deformation (D1, D2) phases are identified. The major oxide geochemistry implies two sedimentary shale and greywacke parent rocks. Based on major, rare earth and trace elements (Ti, Ni, TiO2, Zr and K2O) the igneous source rock has been an andesite to dacite/rhyodacite. The CIA (chemical index of alteration) and CIW (chemical index of weathering) parameters imply a medium degree of alteration in the igneous source area. The Garmichay metapelites, in comparison with the PAAS and UCC, are enriched in Cs, La and Ce and depleted in Sr, Nb and Ta. The representative samples lie inside the paragenetic triangles of the compatibility diagrams that imply their thermodynamically stable conditions. Finally, based on the standard pseudosections, the maximum temperature and pressure range has been determined as 535-635 °C and 1-3 kb, respectively. Manuscript profile