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Ali A. Sepahi

Ali A. Sepahi

Academic rank: Professor
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Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 15120096500
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
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Research

Title
Petrography, geochemistry, and U-Pb geochronology of pegmatites and aplites associated with the Alvand intrusive complex in the Hamedan region, Sanandaj-Sirjan zone, Zagros orogen (Iran),
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Aplite · Pegmatite · Geochemistry · Geochronology · Hamedan · Sanandaj–Sirjan · Iran
Year
2018
Journal INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
DOI
Researchers Ali A. Sepahi ، Sedigheh Salami ، David R. Lentz ، Christopher McFarlane ، Mohammad Maanijou

Abstract

The Alvand intrusive complex in the Hamedan area in Iran is in the Sanandaj–Sirjan zone of the Zagros orogen. It consists of a wide range of plutonic rocks, mainly gabbro, diorite, granodiorite, granite, and leucogranites that were intruded by aplitic and pegmatitic dykes. At least three successive magmatic episodes generated an older gabbro–diorite–tonalite assemblage, followed by a voluminous granodiorite–granite association, which was then followed by minor leucocratic granitoids. Aplitic and pegmatitic dykes and bodies have truncated both plutonic rocks of the Alvand intrusive complex and its metamorphic aureole. Chemically they belong to peraluminous LCT (Li-, Cs-, and Ta-bearing) family of pegmatites. Mineralogically, they resemble Muscovite (MS) and Muscovite Rare Element (MSREL) classes of pegmatites. High amounts of some elements, such as Sn (up to 10,000 ppm), Rb (up to 936 ppm), Ba (up to 706 ppm), and LREE (up to 404 ppm) indicate the highly fractionated nature of some of these aplites and pegmatites. U–Pb dating of monazite, zircon, and allanite by LA-ICPMS indicate the following ages: monazite-bearing aplites of Heydareh-e-Poshteshahr and Barfejin areas, southwest of Hamedan, give an age range of 162–172 Ma; zircon in Heydareh-e-Poshteshar gives an average age of ~165 Ma and for allanite-bearin