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Petrology, geochemistry, and geochronology of the Chah-Bazargan gabbroic intrusions in the south Sanandaj–Sirjan zone, Neyriz, Iran

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The Chah-Bazargan gabbroic intrusions are located in the south of Sanandaj–Sirjan zone. Precise U–Pb zircon SHRIMP ages of the intrusions show magmatic ages of 170.5 ± 1.9 Ma. These intrusions consist primarily of gabbros, interspersed with lenticular bodies of anorthosite, troctolite, clinopyroxenite, and wehrlite. The lenticular bodies show gradational or sharp boundaries with the gabbros. In the gradational boundaries, gabbros are mineralogically transformed into anorthosites, wehrlites, and/or clinopyroxenites. On the other hand, where the boundaries are sharp, the mineral assemblages change abruptly. There is no obvious deformation in the intrusions. Hence, the changes in mineral compositions are interpreted as the result of crystallization processes, such as fractionation in the magma chamber. Rock types with sharp boundaries show abrupt chemical changes, but the changes exhibit the same patterns of increasing and decreasing elements, especially of rare earth elements, as the gradational boundaries. Therefore, it is possible that all parts of the intrusions were formed from the same parental magma. Parts showing signs of nonequilibrium crystallization, such as cumulate features and sub-solidification, underwent fracturing and were interspersed throughout the magma chamber by late injection pulses or mechanical movements under mush conditions. The geological and age data show that the intrusions were formed from an Al-, Sr-, Fe-enriched and K-, Nb-depleted tholeiitic magma. The magma resulted from the partial melting of a metasomatized spinel demonstrated by negative Nb, P, Hf, and Ti, and positive Ba, Sr, and U anomalies typical of subduction-related magmas.

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The authors would like to thank Mrs. Barbara Mader for her support during EMP analyses in Kiel University. Financial support from the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, and from the Universities of Kerman and Urmia (Iran) and Institute für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albechts-Universität zu Kiel (Germany) are gratefully acknowledged. The authors like to thank Editors of International Journal of Earth Sciences and reviewers of the paper for their efforts. Last, but not least, we would like to thank anonymous academic from USA for editing the article.

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Fazlnia, A., Schenk, V., Appel, P. et al. Petrology, geochemistry, and geochronology of the Chah-Bazargan gabbroic intrusions in the south Sanandaj–Sirjan zone, Neyriz, Iran. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 102, 1403–1426 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-013-0884-6

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