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

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
Subjects:
Late Cenozoic
granodiorite
magmatic
skarn
garnet
epidote
sulfide
Iran
Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/geoca.2014.65.issue-3/geoca-2014-0015/geoca-2014-0015.xml?format=INT

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