Author(s)

Arash Gourabjeiri-Pour¹, Soraya Heuss-Aßbichler², Mohsen Mobasheri^3*, Parivash Mahdavi⁴

¹Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Miyane Branch, Islamic Azad University, Miyane, Iran.
²Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Section for Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Muenchen, Germany.
³Department of Petrology and Economic Geology, School of Geosciences, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran.
⁴Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

The Gelmandeh Massive is located in the Central part of Iranian Microcontinent. Amphibolitic rocks occupy the main portion of Gelmandeh complex, which consists of hornblendite, garnet amphibolites, and gneiss. Geochemical investigations indicate that the ratio of Eu/Eu* separates samples into two categories: first category with ratio of Eu/Eu* > 1 and the second with ratio of Eu/Eu* < 1, which the former indicates an enriched mantle origin while the latter points to crustal contamination. Generally, amphibolites can be differentiated into two separate series. First series is characterized with calc-alkaline to alkaline composition with enriched mantle origin, and the second one has calc-alkaline to tholeiitic nature and it is of continental type that underwent crustal contamination within subduction zone. The microprobe electron analysis shows that the amphiboles were a member of the calcic group and hastingsite-tschermakite series. Geo-barometric studied and mineral paragenesis show that the metamorphism is of Barovian type with PT condition upto 7 K bar and 580°C.

Amphibolite, Mineral Chemistry, Thermobarometry, Gelmandeh Massive, Boneh-Shorou, Central Iran

Gourabjeiri-Pour, A. , Heuss-Aßbichler, S. , Mobasheri, M. and Mahdavi, P. (2016) Geochemistry, Mineral Chemistry and Thermobarometry of Boneh-Shorou Amphibolites in Gelmandeh Massive (Saghand-Central Iran). Open Journal of Geology, 6, 786-800. doi: 10.4236/ojg.2016.68061.