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        1 - Petrogenesis of mantle peridotites from the South of Jazmourian, Makran accretionary prism, Iran
        Mohammad Elyas Moslempour Morteza Khalatbari-Jafari Tomoaki Morishita Habib Biabangard
        Mantle peridotites exposed in south Jazmourian comprise of lherzolite and porphyroclastic Cpx-bearing harzburgite in the lower part with chromitite lenses in the upper parts. Petrography and microprobe studies shows evidence of melt-peridotite interactions; post melting More
        Mantle peridotites exposed in south Jazmourian comprise of lherzolite and porphyroclastic Cpx-bearing harzburgite in the lower part with chromitite lenses in the upper parts. Petrography and microprobe studies shows evidence of melt-peridotite interactions; post melting processes and subsolidus interactions, which has been associated with appearance of two generations of deformed primary pyroxene-olivine and fine-grained pyroxene-olivine-amphibole neoblasts. Second generation of minerals formed as inclusion, interstitial and fine-grain. These two groups of minerals have different geochemical characteristics, So that, the first group are comparable with abyssal peridotites and second group are comparable to suprasubduction (SSZ) peridotites. Thus, the chemical compositions of different generations minerals show different petrogenesis for ultramafic rocks in south Jazmourian. Whole rock chemical data indicate south Jazmourian peridotites have a depleted MORB mantle source which undergoing 10-20% partial melting. Thus this peridotites have experienced multistage evolution and show characteristics of the abyssal environment to suprasubduction zone. We are belived that peridotites transition from the abyssal environment to suprasubduction and affected by fluids derived from the subducted slab.  Manuscript profile
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        2 - Role of supra-subduction zone ophiolites in the tectonic evolution of the southeastern Zagros Orogenic Belt, Iran
        Ramin Arfania
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        3 - Constraints on the Petrogenesis of Nosrat-Abad Ophiolite Extrusives, SE Iran
        Mohammad Elyas Moslempour Morteza Khalatbari-Jafari Rahim Dabiri Sara Shahdadi
        Nosrat-Abad ophiolitic extrusive sequence, located in the Sistan Suture Zone, in south eastern Iran. The extrusive sequence, contains pillow lava, sheet flow and related volcanic-clastic breccias which have undergone low-grade metamorphism. This association shows calc a More
        Nosrat-Abad ophiolitic extrusive sequence, located in the Sistan Suture Zone, in south eastern Iran. The extrusive sequence, contains pillow lava, sheet flow and related volcanic-clastic breccias which have undergone low-grade metamorphism. This association shows calc alkaline to tholeiitic affinities. Interpretation of the geochemical data and behavior of the elements in different diagrams reveals two distinct domains in the Nosrat-abad ophiolitic extrusive sequence. The sheet flows are depleted in HFSE similar to those of SSZ. However, the enrichment of the pillow lavas in LILE could be attributed to an enriched mantle source or melting of metasomatized sediments above the subducted slab. It appears that two subduction components (fluids-melt), caused the diversity seen in the chemical composition of the study rocks. The MORB to subduction chemical characteristics of the Nosrat-Abad ophiolitic extrusive sequence could be explained by a shift in the tectonic settings from the mid-ocean ridge to the marginal basin in Sistan during the Late Cretaceous period. Manuscript profile