Genetic relationships between skarn ore deposits and magmatic activity in the Ahar region, Western Alborz, NW Iran

Paleocene to Oligocene tectonic processes in northwest Iran resulted in extensive I-type calc-alkaline and alkaline magmatic activity in the Ahar region. Numerous skarn deposits formed in the contact between Upper Cretaceous impure carbonate rocks and Oligocene-Miocene plutonic rocks. This study pr...

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Main Authors: Mollai Habib, Pe-Piper Georgia, Dabiri Rahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia 2014-06-01
Series:Geologica Carpathica
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/geoca.2014.65.issue-3/geoca-2014-0015/geoca-2014-0015.xml?format=INT