volcanic rocks

The Urmia-Dokhtar Magmatic (volcanic and plutonic) Arc (UDMA) with 2000 Km length in Iran is a small section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt (Glennie, 2000; Alavi, 2004; Ilbeyli, 2004). The studied area is located in the northeast of Ashtian and composed of two area of Feshk and Master. These areas are situated at 49°44' and 49°55' longitude and 34°31' and 34°44' latitude. Based on the structural zone, this area is a small part of UDMA (Hajian, 1970). Wrinkles and big faults mechanisms such as Tafresh, Talkhab, and Tabarteh have been effective in the formation and morphology of this area that particularly control the sedimentary basins and volcanic processes via the approximate procedure of northwest-southeast.

Geology:

Rock outcrops in the study zones are associated with the Mesozoic and Cenozoic Eras with the oldest ones made of carbonate rocks belonging to the Middle Triassic. The first group is attributed to Eocene, mainly includes acidic tuffs to gray basic, tuffs containing the crystal glass pieces and trachyte lava, trachyandesite and dacitic- rhyodacite types in the form of a semi-dense, gray dark to bright pink dikes and dark lavas from andesites- trachyandesite, quartz latite andesite and basaltic andesite. The Eocene rocks are divided into six units (Lithozone E1 to E6) in this zone consisting of E1 (conglomerate, marl, and sandstone), E2 (ignimbrite, tuff, and nummulite-bearing sandy limestone), E3 (green rhyolitic to dacitic tuff accompanied by marl, shale, sandstone, and limestone), E4 (red to dark brown tuff and dark lava), E5 (green tuff, sedimentary layers, and rhyolite), E6 (basalt, andesite, and dark tuff interlayered with nummulitic limestone) (Hajian, 2001). Sampling and Analytical Techniques The survey was conducted by selecting the proper locations and taking 300 samples. They were exported to the Geological Survey of Iran (GSI) for whole rock chemical analysis with ICP-MS and XRF methods. The microprobe analyses were conducted by Cameca SX100 microprobe (France) with carbon coating at the Iranian Mineral Processing Research Center on 10 polished sections at the Iran Minerals Processing Research Center after detailed petrography studies.

The microscopic study of samples reveals that the rhyolite, dacite, andesite, trachy-andesite and andesi-basalt rocks dominantly have porphyritic, microlite porphyritic and microlite glomeroporphyritic textures.In the dacite rocks, plagioclases have oscillatory zoning. If the magmatic chamber is attacked by the basic magma while cooling the dacite melts, first, the plagioclase crystals melt partially and then become recrystallized. Therefore, these crystals can adsorb dusty textures (Gills, 1981). Amphibole phenocrysts with 3 to 5 Vol.% reveal the effects of burns and decay in most samples of dacite, trachy-andesite, andesi-basalt, and especially the andesite. Amphiboles in the form of inclusion in the plagioclase, are almost anhedral and have a green-blue multiplicity which can represent their sodic composition (Tabatabai Manesh et al. 2010). Pyroxene is another detectable mineral in andesite and andesibasalt rocks. Olivine crystals are observed in approximately 5 Vol% in basaltic andesitic rocks, damaged completely by the decomposition pressure with only a small piece remaining intact. In some thin sections of the dacite rocks, quartz with 3-5% modal frequency is observed with anhedral and neomorph margins in many cases.

Geochemistry:

According to the TAS and AFM Diagram (Le Bas et al., 1986; Irvine and Baragar, 1971), as to lithology combinations, where:1) the samples vary within dacite to andesite types in the Shahvaroogh and Sadabad area;2) from trachy-andesite, trachy-basalt, basaltic andesite, andesite and dacite types in Feshk area;3) from rhyolite, dacite and basaltic andesite composition in Kordabad area.Conveying the obtained results from samples analysis to A/NK to A/CNK, Ti/100-Zr-Y.3, Ti/100-Zr-Sr/2, Ti–Zr (Pearce and Can, 1973), and Nb/Th on Nb (Boztug et al., 2006) and Hf/3-Th-Nb/16 diagram (Wood, 1980; Maniar and Piccolo, 1992), based on Al value reveals that most samples have a meta-alumina nature while others possess per-aluminus affinity.According to many researchers, enrichment of LILE elements (e.g., K, Rb, Sr, Ba, Th,) and LREE and the increase in negative anomaly to great amounts of elements including Ti, Eu, Nb, and HREE (Yb) contribute to the magma contamination by the upper crust during the magmatic evolutions or the presence of intrusive compounds such as the fluids or melts obtained from intrusive sediments in addition to adaptation to the dominant characteristics on the beneath shell (Temel et al., 1998; Kurkcuoglu, 2010). According to the same researchers, in normalized spider figures, the depletion of elements from left to right of the figure indicate that the significant features of faulting zones and LREEs enrichment (between 10-100 times more) in calc-alkaline series are normal.In the Ab-An-Or diagram (Deer et al. 1992) the plagioclase in the trachybasalt and andesibasalt samples lies within the labradorite to bytownite range (only one case of anorthite), in andesitic and trachyandesitic type is oligoclase to andesine, and in dacite- rhyodacite and rhyolite samples are of albite type in Ab-An-Or chart.Based on the Wo-En-Fs ternary plot (Morimoto et al., 1988), all pyroxenes are of augite type.

The studied volcanic rocks are of basalt andesite types. According to petrographic studies and microprobe analysis, the plagioclase minerals include albite and oligoclase in dacite, and rhyodacite, and rhyolite rocks, oligoclase-andesine in the trachy-andesite and andesite rocks, bytownite-labradorite to anorthite in the trachy-basalt and andesite basalt rocks, and also clinopyroxene (augite and clinoenstatite), amphibole (hornblende and oxihornblende), quartz, biotite, apatite and opaque minerals. The geochemical and petrological results indicate that the source magma of these rocks is a combination similar to the melts derived from the enriched mantle with a fractional 10-20% melting degree of a spinel lherzolite source to garnet-spinel lherzolite. The fluids released from the subducted oceanic slab were effective in the mantle metasomatism. The appearance of the rocks in this area with the volcanism related to the subduction of Neo-Tethys oceanic crust under Central Iran microcontinent.

The Hossein Abad area is located 120 km southeast of Zanjan. The volcanic rocks in this area belong to Eocene and younger a ges. Volcanic rocks include dacitic, trachyandesite and andesitic lavas, as well as tuff. Volcanic rocks have quartz, alkali feldspar, abundant plagioclase, pyroxene and amphibole. The alkali feldspar is Sanidine and plagioclases are oligoclase and andesine. The Porphyritic, microlithic porphyritic, glomeroporphyritic and poikilitic textures are predominant in these rocks. Examining the mineral chemistry of rocks in the study area shows that the clinopyroxenes are diopside and augite. Amphiboles in these rocks are magmatic and calcic with the chemical composition of pargasite. Based on magmatic diagrams, rocks in studied area are alkaline. According to the thermobarometric diagrams, these rocks have formed at temperature and pressure ranges of 700-750℃ and 5-6.5 kbar respectively. These values correspond to the depth of middle-lower crust. The rocks are formed in the active continental margin.

The study area is located in the south of Damghan, 160 km south of Shahrood, and 17 to 30 km south of Torud village. The area geologically, lies in the Cenozoic magmatic belt, a part of the Alpine-Himalayan belt, in the north of the structural zone of Central Iran (Aghanabati, 2004). The Cenozoic magmatic belt has been studied by many researchers (e.g., Ghorbani, 2005; Khajehzadeh, 2009; Mardani-Beldaji, 2011; Tayefi, 2014; Yousefi, 2017). The volcanic rocks in the southern part of the Torud area have not been comprehensively studied. Therefore, it requires a detailed study. So, for the purpose of this study attempt has been made to investigate and to study the nature of magma, tectonic setting, and the petrogenesis of the volcanic rocks using the geochemical data of the whole rock. Also, the results of this study have been compared with some areas belonging to the Cenozoic Era located in the north of the structural zone of Central Iran.

Regional Geology:

The area under study in the Torud-Moalleman magmatic belt belongs to the Chah-Shirin-Sabzevar-Khaf magmatic complex, located in the western part of this magmatic complex. In this magmatic belt, the Eocene volcanic rocks, including the main volume of igneous rocks are basic to acidic in composition. The predominant rocks are basaltic to intermediate rocks. The Torud-Moalleman magmatic belt is mainly composed of volcanic rocks with a lithological composition consisting of olivine-basalt, basalt, andesite, and dacite rocks and their pyroclastic equivalents, as well as plastic and limestone interlayers.

During field surveying, 50 samples of the volcanic rocks with the least alteration were collected. From these samples, 30 thin sections were prepared for microscopic studies and 11 samples were selected for ICP-MS geochemical analyses for minor elements and XRF for major elements and were sent to ACME Laboratory in Vancouver (Canada). GCDkit, Excel, and Corel Draw software were used to check the results obtained from the whole rock chemistry analyses and drawing diagrams.

Petrography:

The study rocks include volcanic rocks ranging from andesite to basalt. The basalts are dark gray to black in color with glomeroporphyritic, microlithic, sieve, and trachytic textures containing plagioclase and clinopyroxene as the main minerals. These minerals along with olivine and magnetite can also be seen in the form of microcrystals in the background of the rock, and their accumulation have created the glomeroporphyritic texture in these rocks. Secondary minerals are chlorite, iron oxide, zeolite (natrolite and analcime), calcite, and gypsum, filling the holes.The andesites are light gray to slightly dark with porphyritic and glomeroporphyritic textures and are dominated by amphibole (green and brown hornblende), plagioclase, and clinopyroxene as the main, biotite, iron oxide, sphene, and zircon. as the minor, as well as sericite, chlorite, calcite, and epidote as the secondary minerals.

Whole Rocks Chemistry :

The data obtained from the whole rock geochemical analyses display that the volcanic samples of the Torud area are classified as the andesite and basalt, placed mostly in the range of calc-alkaline series (medium potassium). LREE and LILE enrichment, HREE and HFSE depletion and Nb, Ta, and Ti negative anomalies of these rocks point to their formation in subduction zones. Also, as the tectonic diagrams display the rocks belong to the active continental margin. The rocks under study have mostly mantle origin and are derived from an enriched lithospheric mantle. The flat HREE patterns also show that melting occurred in the mantle, above the stability field of garnet. Therefore, the parent magmas were formed by the melting of spinel lherzolite at a depth of 80 to 100 km and evolved due to fractional crystallization as well as contamination caused by subducted sediments and the continental crust.

The rare elements pattern of the study rocks in spider diagrams show the cogenesis of these rocks and the role of differential crystallization as the main mechanism of their formation. Based on geochemical data, the study samples and compared volcanic rocks share similar characteristics. Therefore, the normalized REE patterns with chondrite (Nakamura, 1974) NMORB (Sun and McDonough, 1989) and MORB (Pearce, 1983), indicate the enrichment of LREEs (such as La, Ce) and LILEs (e.g., Ba, K, U, Pb, Cs) compared to HREEs and HFSEs (i.e. Nb, Ta, Ti, P) indicating that the rocks under study were formed in the active continental arc margin. The samples have no negative anomaly of Eu. Volcanic rocks with the age of late Eocene and Oligo-Miocene and basaltic to trachy-basaltic composition range from alkaline to sub-alkaline rocks and volcanic rocks with the age of middle Eocene with andesite to trachy-andesite composition have the nature of calc-alkaline.

The volcanic rocks in the south of Torud, with calc-alkaline and medium potassium nature, are mainly composed of basalt and andesite characterized by LREE enrichment, negative Nb-Ta-Ti anomaly, and the high ratio of LILE/HFSE. These characteristics point to the formation of these rocks in the subduction zones.The rocks under investigation have low SiO2 content, high amounts of Sr, no significant Eu anomaly, and Mg# content greater than 40. These geochemical features indicate a mantle source for the studied volcanic rocks. The changes of Rb/Y versus Nb/Y show the enrichment by subduction components or crustal contamination in the magmatic evolution of these rocks. Based on the geochemical investigations, the productive magma originated from a spinel lherzolitic source at a depth of about 80 to 100 km; during the ascent of magma, as a result of fractional crystallization and contamination, the magma derived from the mantle has been enriched and gave rise to lithological diversity.

Azerbaijan Plateau is a part of the Alpine-Himalayan fold and orogeny belt, which is located in a compressional regime and between Talesh Mountains, south of Lesser Caucasus Mountain, east of Anatolia, north of Zagros Mountain. The studied area has located in the geographical longitudes of 47° to 48° and latitudes of 38° to 39° in East Azerbaijan province. There are wide ranges of Plio-Quaternary basalts and andesite basaltic in the sheet of 1.250000 Ahar. These rocks are gray to black in color. They also are formed of lava flows with scattered sometimes prismatic structures on the Paleocene andesitic lavas or conglomerate, siltstone and red marl Pliocene.

After the field investigations, we were taken 30 fresh and unaltered samples. Then, they were prepared as a thin section, then go undrer petrographic studies with a microscope in the laboratory.  Finally, we selected 10 samples were sent to the Amdel laboratory in the Australia for chemical analyses by ICP-MS, and OES.  Consequently, the results of whole rock chemical analysis data, were processed by GCD-KIT software. Then, all data were interpreted by geochemical conditions of all analyzed samples and also with their tectonic environment in the area.

The studied area is a part of the lesser Caucasus mountain range with high deformation and seismicity, which has located in a crustal convergence in the northwest of Iran. This area has a faulted system and with active strike-slip faults (Kocyigit et al., 2001). These systems often coincided with previous crustal discontinuities and have been widely effective in generating Quaternary magmatic activities locally through pull-part zones (Shabanian et al., 2012; Avagayan et al., 2010). Almost all the Quaternary magmatism in the region has occurred due to the operation of these fault systems and in the tensile position of the continental crust. Therefore, active fracture and fault systems and even old hidden faults have played a major role in the occurrence of the Quaternary magmatism.Volcanic rocks of the studied area are hyalo-aphanitic to hyalo-microlithic porphyry texture with large crystals of olivine, plagioclase and pyroxene. Also, porphyry, trachyte, intersertal and intergranular texture canbe seen in these samples. These samples have the nature of basaltic, thrachy andesite, mojearite and dacite, which are located in a calc-alkaline range. These rocks are rich in LREE and depleted in HREE.They also have enriched of Cs, Th, Pb and depletion of Ba, Nb, Eu, La. The presence of garnet in the source of magma can indicated the involvement of processes and crystallization of olivine, pyroxene, and plagioclase. In addition, metasomatism or contamination with enriched crustal materials (Menzies & Wass, 1983) leads to the abundance of LREE elements. Therefore, the metasomatized mantle can be a suitable origin for the magma of the studied volcanic rocks. Enrichment of elements Cs, Rb, Pb, Ba, LILE and depletion of elements HFSE (Nb, Zr) indicated the magma of subduction arc zones (Wilson, 1989). The negative anomaly of Nb, P, Ti, Zr and the positive anomaly of Pb are the characteristics of crust contamination of quaternary basalts (Wilson, 1989; Hofman, 1997). Negative Nb anomaly is characteristic of continental rocks and crustal involvement in magmatic processes (Hofman, 1997). Also, the negative anomaly of Ti and Nb in the normalized pattern with primary mantle composition can indicate magmas related to subduction (Pearce, 1983; Wilson, 1989). All the samples are in the range of intraplate basalts (Figure a10) (Mesched, 1986), and show the orogenic situation (Pearce et al., 1977). The studied volcanic samples are volcanic arc (Muller et al., 1992) belong to the continental arc after the collision (Groves, 1997).  Also, the studied samples show the origin of lherzolite garnet mantle and lherzolite spinel with a rate of 2 to 5% of partial melting.The tensile positions of the continental margins are active, where partial melting has occurred due to pressure reduction and rupture of the subcontinental lithosphere. Its compressive force resulting from crustal collision and crustal shortening, thickening and uplift leads to disturbance of subcontinental lithosphere thermal levels in these regions. Therefore, it seems that since the Eocene, the post-collision regime (Omrani et al., 2008) and since the Miocene (Hasanpour, 2008) has been ruling in the Arsbaran.

The Quaternary volcanic rocks in the eastern part of Ahar area, include a set of basaltic, andesite basaltic and andesite with calc-alkaline nature. The special depletion and enrichment of rare earth elements, these rocks are very similar to enriched mantle magmas and OIB, which were formed in the volcanic arc environment after impact on the active continental margin. For these samples, the mantle origin is lherzolite garnet to lherzolite spinel with 1 to 10% partial melting. Also there were happened metasomatisms of subducting oceanic lithosphere fluids. The geochemical evidences show some degrees of crustal contaminations during magma ascent. This magmatism has occured due to the subduction and the system of faults and fractures of the region and the tension tectonic situation. This tension system in the active continental margin after the collision has led to a decrease in pressure and finally the pouring out of basaltic magma.

According to the outcrops of volcanic and intrusive rocks with different compositions and ages in the northwest of Iran, the magmatism of the northwest of Iran has been introduced under the titles of Talash and Arsbaran tectonomagmatic zone (Berberian, 1981; Aghazadeh et al, 2010, 2011; Castro et al, 2013). The Talash zone in the east of the Western Alborz-Azerbaijan zone, like the rest of Azerbaijan and Urmia-Dakhtar magmatism, has experienced the peak of magmatism in the Eocene to Oligomiocene (Vincent et al, 2005; Shafaii Moghadam and Shahbazi Shiran, 2010). Volcanic rocks in the northeast of Lahrud are andesitic, basaltic eruptive outcrops and plutonic internal alkaline, calc-alkaline and Shoshonitic masses (Vincent et al, 2005), which continue to spread significantly beyond the borders of the country. Eocene volcanic rocks are seen in the 1:100,000 maps of Lahrud with a northwest-southeast trend. In this research, the lithological, geochemical and petrogenesis characteristics of volcanic rocks in the north of Lahrood in the Khanali Daresi section have been evaluated.
Volcanic rock outcrops in the study area were first evaluated in the field and 45 samples were taken from different parts and then 20 thin sections were prepared from the samples for petrographically studies by using an Olympus type polarizing microscope. Then 11 fresh samples were sent to MS Analytical Laboratory in Canada by Zaminriz Kavan company for chemical analysis and determining the main oxides of whole rock.
Eocene- trachy-andesite and trachy andesy basaltic rocks in northwestern Iran, north of Lahroud (Ardabil province), Extruded with northwest-southeast trend. These rocks have hyalomicrolith porphyritic textures and have plagioclase as major minerals with minor amphibole, pyroxene, biotite and opaque minerals and alkali feldspar minerals. The productive magmas of these rocks are of potassic and shoshonitic nature of Roman type. The parent magma of these volcanic rocks is affected by the fractional crystallization process and Eu / Eu * ≤ values (0.83 to 1.08) indicate plagioclase separation in the magmatic reservoir. Negative anomaly of Ta Ti, Nb in the spider diagrams and enrichment of the LILE and LREE index indicate the effect of subduction environments component in generation of g these rocks. Ba / Nb ratios of 45 to 131, La / Sm ratios of N above 2 and Th / Ce ratios of 0.13 to 0.2 indicate enrichment correlations with melting of subducted sediments during subduction. Also, low Ba / Rb ratios from 0.10 to 15.2 and Rb / Sr ratios from 0.07 to 0.1 indicate melting of phlogopitic bearing source with shoshonitic nature in genesis of these rocks. primary magmas of these rocks form from partial melting of less than 10% matosomatized phlegopolite bearing spinel- lherzolite source and melting of magmatic subduction sediments during subduction in the post-Collisional setting.
 
The geochemical characteristics of the studied samples indicate their enrichment and formation in connection with the subduction environment. This indicates a continental volcanic arc in the experimental diagrams of determining the tectonic environment. The primary magma of volcanic rocks consists of the melting of less than 10% of spinel-phlogopite mantle and metasomatized with subduction factors and associated sediments.

The study area, situated 50 km north of Ghaemshahr, structurally belongs to the Central Alborz tectonic zone. The volcanic rocks of the area, including basalt, andesite, trachyandesite, and dolerite are the products of fractional crystallization and some contamination processes. Clinopyroxene, olivine, and plagioclase are the main minerals of these rocks. Porphyritic to mega-porphyritic texture with microlithic, glomeroporphyritic, and amygdaloidal matrix are observed in these rocks. Plagioclase, hornblende, and pyroxene can be considered the main mineral phases of these rocks. The rocks are enriched in LIL and LREE elements and depleted in HFS elements. The ratios of trace elements and rare earth elements in the studied region indicate that the basalts were formed by melting a garnet bearing peridotite at great depths and pressures. Negative Ce anomaly, Nb negative anomaly, Pb positive anomaly the role of continental lithosphere in contaminating the magmatic sources of volcanic rock in the study area. The Pb/Ce ratio similar to ocean island basalt (OIB) sources, induces OIB sources, the asthenospheric mantle, in the initial formation of basaltic magma. it can be concluded that the volcanic rocks of the area have formed in an intra-plate environment in an extensional regime.

The Gooreh Mountain is located about 55 km northwest of Anarak (northeast of Isfahan) and in the western margin of the Central-East Iranian microcontinent (west of the Yazd block). The field studies show that the Eocene volcanic rocks in this area present two lithologies of gray-colored dacite and light-colored rhyolite. Dacite lavas cross-cut the rhyolite ones and are younger. Petrography indicates that dacites contain the major minerals of plagioclase (labradorite and bytownite), clinopyroxene (augite) and quartz, and rhyolites are mainly composed of plagioclase, sanidine and quartz. Chlorite, calcite, hematite and limonite are the secondary minerals in both rock units, formed by the alteration of clinopyroxene, plagioclase and magnetite. The main textures of these rocks are porphyritic, glomeroporphyritic, anti-rapakivi, sieved and poikilitic. The crystallization order of minerals in dacites is magnetite, clinopyroxene, plagioclase and quartz, and in rhyolites, is plagioclase, sanidine and quartz. Whole rock geochemical analyses show that the studied volcanic rocks of the Gooreh Mountain are sub-alkaline (calc-alkaline magma series) in nature. Moreover, the chondrite and primitive mantle-normalized diagrams are characterized by the enrichment of LREEs and LILEs and depletion of HFS elements (e.g., Ti, Nb and Ta). The negative TNT (Ti, Nb and Ta) anomalies probably indicate subduction-related volcanic arc magmatism. The dehydration of subducting slab and partial melting of the mantle wedge spinel peridotites produced a basic magma that, during ascent through the lower and middle continental crust, led to melting of amphibolites and formation of acidic magmas.

Subduction-related magmas are characterized by enrichment of large ion lithophile elements (LILEs), light rare earth elements (LREEs) and depletion in high field strength elements (HFSEs) (Harangi et al., 2007). These geochemical signatures of magmatic rocks are commonly explained by the addition of hydrous fluids from subducting oceanic lithosphere combined with the flux of melts from subducted sediments to the mantle wedge, lowering the mantle solidus and leading to magma generation (Aydınçakır, 2016). Asthenospheric mantle, subcontinental lithospheric mantle and/or lower crust may be the principal source of these rocks (Eyuboglu et al., 2018). In addition, magma differentiation processes, such as fractional crystallization, crustal contamination, and magma mixing may also play an important role in the genesis of these rocks.This research study presents new petrological and geochemical data from the volcanic rocks with NW–SE trending, which are situated in the northwestern margin of the Central –East Iranian Microcontinent (CEIM) (south-east of Khur, Isfahan Province) which have been formed during the peak activity of Eocene. Study of this typical small volume subduction- related magmatism will be useful in understanding the origin and geological evolution of the Central Iran in Cenozoic.

The petrographic investigations on Eocene volcanic rocks from the SE of Khur area were carried out with an optical microscope (Olympus-BH2) in the petrology Laboratory of the University of Isfahan, Iran. Major and trace element concentrations of samples from whole- rocks were obtained by a combination of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) at the Als Chemex Laboratory of Ireland. The chemical compositions of 4 samples (B865, B866, B867, and B868) were determined by Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) in the Isfahan Activation Center. The detection limit was 0.01% for all major element oxides and 0.01 ppm for rare earth elements. Mineral abbreviations were adopted from Whitney and Evans (2010).

Eocene volcanic rocks with trachy-basalt and trachy-basaltic andesite composition are exposed in the northwestern part of the Central-East Iranian Microcontinent (CEIM) (SE of Khur, Isfahan Province, Central Iran). These rocks which have a dominant northwest-southeast trend crosscut the Cretaceous sedimentary rocks.Petrography and mineral chemistry analyses indicate that the predominant rock-forming minerals of volcanic rocks are olivine, plagioclase, clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene. Phenocrysts set in a fine to medium grained matrix of the same minerals plus sanidine with minor amounts of opaque minerals. Secondary minerals are chlorite and calcite. The most common textures of these rocks are porphyritic, microlitic porphyritic, poikiolitic and glomeroporphyritic. Geochemical analyses of whole rock samples show that these rocks have been enriched in alkalies and large ion lithophile elements (Cs, K, Rb, Sr, Ba,), and have been depleted in high field strength elements (HFSE) (Ta, Nb, Ti). All samples indicate moderate to high fractionation in LREE patterns. These geochemical signatures point out to the subduction-related calc-alkaline nature of these rocks and their similarity to volcanic rocks of continental arcs or convergent margins (Yu et al., 2017). Pb enrichment and low values of Nb/La, Nb/U and Ce/Pb ratios reveal that crustal contamination has played an important role in magma evolution (Srivastava and Singh, 2004; Furman, 2007). The large volume of hydrous fluids coming from the subducted slab rather than sediments have caused enrichment and metasomatism of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle source. The geochemical characteristics of the studied rocks suggest that the parental magma have been derived from partial melting of a metasomatized spinel lherzolite of lithospheric mantle, which was previously modified by dehydration of a subducting slab. The tectonic environment, in which these rocks were formed has probably been a volcanic arc. Subduction of oceanic crust around the Central-East Iranian Microcontinent (CEIM) is the most reasonable mechanism which can be used to explain enrichment in volatiles of the mantle, and the calc-alkaline magmatism of the study area in Eocene times.

The Zangalou mine area, a part of NW Bardaskan magmatic assemblage, located south of Sabzevar and northwest of Bardaskan cities in Khorasan Razavi province. The rock units of the area are dominated by sedimentary and volcanic racks (andesite, trachyandesite, latite and andesitic tuff). The dominant minerals are plagioclase, hornblende, pyroxene and alkali feldspar locally affected by argillic and propylitic alterations and the main textures are porphyritic, glomeroporphyritic, amygdaloidal and fine grain. The rocks under study formed in continental volcanic arc related to subduction zone, are calcalkaline in nature, metaluminous in composition and classified as shoshoite series. LREE and LILE enrichment compared to HREE and HFSE of the investigated rocks indicate their magma generation in subduction setting. Both Zr/Ba and Sm/Yb ratios point to lithospheric mantle origin and the rare or the absence of garnet in the origin respectively. The parent magma formed from partial melting of an enriched phlogopite spinel lherzolite. The geochemical properties of Zangalou share many signatures with those of the volacic rocks distributed in other parts of NW Bardaskan volcanic assemblage indicate high similarity in geochemical signatures of volcanic rocks. Studying geochemistry of volcanic rocks in these areas indicates formation of these rocks in a subduction setting.

Around The Karik village, east of Meiduk mine, Eocene volcanic rocks (andesitic basalt, andesite, dacite and rhyolite) and pyroclastic rocks (agglomerate and tuff) are exposed. These rocks are cut by several andesitic dikes. The major textures in the volcanic rocks are porphyritic and flow textures. The minerals such as plagioclase, alkali feldspar, quartz, pyroxene, amphibole, biotite and opaque are present as phenocrysts and fine grains. Sometimes, feldspar crystals (mainly plagioclase) are found as oriented microlites. In some cases, within the plagioclase phynocrysts disequilibrium textures such as sieve texture, corrosion and zoning are observed. Quartz crystals are corroded. Amphibole and biotite crystals are changed into Fe-Ti oxides on their rims. These textures are probably attributed to magma mixing, water vapor changes and decompression due to rapid ascent of magma. The Karik volcanic rocks are calc-alkaline and mainly metaluminous in nature. Primary mantle and chondrite normalized multielement diagrams for the study rocks are spiked and they have several peaks and troughs. In the diagrams, the depletion of the high field strength elements such as Nb, Ta, Ti and P is obvious which is characteristic of the subduction magmatism. The sharp positive anomaly of Pb might be attributed to crustal contamination. The chondrite normalized RRE pattern of the study rocks is relatively smooth with enrichment of LREEs relative to HREEs that is due to the high abundance of LREEs in the source or crustal contamination. According to the petrological and geochemical evidence, the Karik volcanic rocks are formed in an active continental margin setting due to the subduction of Neothetys oceanic lithosphere beneath the Central Iran micro–continent.

The Meshkin-Rasht Abad area is a small part of the western Alborz-Azarbaijan magmatic belt (AAMB). Field investigations reveal that andesitic-basalt rocks are the dominant rock units of the area with high-K calc-alkaline to shoshonitic affinities. On the basis of geochemical features all rocks are enriched in light rare earth elements (LREE), large ion lithophile elements (LILE) and have positive anomalies of Pb, U and Cs and Ti, Sr and Nb negative anomalies. These volcanic rocks have the criteria of active continental margin arcs on tectonomagmatic discrimination diagrams. Geochemical data, including low amounts of Cr, Ni, V, and Zr/Nb ratio suggest the enriched mantle source (lithospheric mantle) for the rocks under study. Moreover, the diagrams of the ratio of highly incompatible elements indicate the effect of slab-derived fluids on the magma generation. The Ce/Pb low value as well as various geochemical diagrams demonstrate that the magma is possibly contaminated by continental derived-crustal materials.

The study area in north of Iran is located between 49 °, 30' and 50 °, 00' longitudes and 36 °, 30' to 37 °, 00' latitudes and in the 1.100000 sheet of Jirandeh. This area is considered as part of the structural zone of Iran in Alborz zone and is part of Tertiary zone. In this paper, with the help of geochemical evidence in Rudbar region, as part of Paleogene magmatism in Alborz, an attempt has been made to comment on the tectonic petrogenetic of the region.

After field studies, considering lithological varieties of the volcanic units in the region, 100 samples were collected and thin sections were prepared and studied in terms of petrography using polarizing microscope. Then, among the mentioned samples, 22 samples with the lowest weathering and most lithological variety were selected to analyze the major elements using XRF method and the trace and REE elements by ICP-MS method at SGS laboratory in Toronto. In order to analyze data, the software Igpet 2007 and GCDkit are used.

The studied area is located in the sheet of Jirande at a scale of 1:100000 ,that are outcrops of volcanic and pyroclastic rocks of Paleogene age. Based on petrographic studies carried out on the lavas’ units, three rock units were distinguished: a) olivine basalts, b) andesitic basaltic and basaltic andesite, c) hornblende pyroxene andesites and andesites. In most investigated rocks, there are different types of xenoliths and xenocrysts. Xenoliths are composed of gabbro, diorite and sometimes basalt. These xenoliths and xenocrysts are petrographic evidence for magmatic contamination.   The positive correlation of Na2O and K2O and the negative correlation of Fe2O3, MgO, CaO oxides with the increasing of SiO2 evidence, indicates fractional crystallization in the magma evolution trend of rocks in the area. The constant trends are also maintained through series, which were exposed to the AFC process and assimilation with fractional crystallization.
Comparing the pattern process of incompatible rare elements to crust values in mafic and intermediate terms indicates crustal contamination of mafic rocks to the lower crust and contamination of intermediate rocks towards upper crust. Linear correlation between the ratio of Y/Nb compared to Zr/Nb indicates the origination of magmas from MORB source mantle which were somewhat contaminated with the continental crust rocks.

Geochemical studies represent original relationship between all the studied rocks. This relationship indicates the crystal fractionation in the magma that forms these rocks. Investigations of the ratios of incompatible trace elements, suggest that the mafic samples of the region are close to MORB asthenosphereic mantle source. Also, the trends between primary and evolved samples indicate a linear arrangement between the MORB source mantle and the continental crust, representing an interaction of the MORB mantle-derived magmas with continental crust. All geochemical evidence indicates that the volcanic rocks in the area were originated from melting of a MORB asthenosphere mantle source with spinel facies, which was contaminated with the continental crust rocks to some degree.
The crustal contamination of these basalts has caused, firstly, these rocks to follow exactly the elemental processes of the crust, and secondly misleadingly show the geochemical characteristics of rocks in subduction zones. This means generating magmas from mantle MORB source with crustal contamination are commonly seen in within-plate continental rift magmatisms.

The studied volcanic-sedimentary sequence located at the East-Azarbaijan province, north Marand and in the Central Iranian structural zone. The studied sequence composed of alternative sandstone, shale, conglomerate, limestone, felsic volcaniclastics, alkalibasalt and rhyolite which outcropped below the Permian sedimentary sequence and on the Devonian sedimentary rocks. Magmatism in the area has a bimodal magmatic characteristic and the basaltic rocks have alkaline affinity. They are characterized by enrichment of LILE over HFSE and show significant OIB-type trace element signatures. On the basis of trace element data, the basic rocks generated by low degree partial melting of garnet-spinel lherzolite mantle source with ocean island basalt characteristics, which fractionated en route to the surface. On the basis of geological and major and trace elements data, the felsic rocks are comparable to A-type granitoids and their trace element ratios are very close to determinate bulk continental crust composition which indicate their crustal origin. The felsic rocks were originated by the dehydration melting of a tonalite or granodiorite source with a plagioclase rich residual assemblage. The Carboniferous bimodal volcanism were induced by continental rifting and asthenospheric upwelling during early phases of Neotethys opening.

The south Natanz volcanic zone located in the central part of Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic arc and the north of Isfahan. The area is dominated by the Eocene volcanic rocks ranging from acidic to intermediate and relatively basic affinity. Petrologically, they consist of rhyolite, dacite, andesite, basaltic trachyandesite and basaltic andesite. Mineralogically speaking, except for the acidic rocks, the other rocks are mainly made of plagioclase and clinopyroxene up. According to EPMA, the composition of clinopyroxene and plagioclase is augite and andesine to bytownite. Having features such as zoning and sieve texture in phenocrysts of plagioclase, roundness, and corrosion gulf in minerals belonging to the volcanic rocks reflecting the existence of unequilibrium during magma solidification. Considering geochemical features of these rocks, we can realize that they are calc-alkaline with potassium from intermediate to high LILE enrichment, and negative Nb-Ti anomalies. On the spider diagram, primitive mantle- normalized with Pb-enrichment can be seen which may be attributed to crustal assimilation. The negative anomalies of Nb and Ti on the spider diagram reflect subduction process, the crustal involvement in magmatism processes, or an indication of deficiency of these elements at the origin, the stability of Nb-Ti bearing phases during partial melting or separating these elements in the course of fractional crystallization process. The chondrite- normalized REE pattern points to LREE enrichment in comparison with HREE. The volcanic rocks studied have been originated in a magmatic arc.

The Hormuz and the Gachin salt domes are located in the south of Bandar Abbas, the Hormozgan Province, in Zagros Structure Zone. The domes are dominated by andesite, trachy-andesite, basalt, dacite, and rhyolite belonging to Permian to Triassic age. Based on geochemical evidence, these rocks are calc-alkaline originated in orogenic setting related to subduction environment. The presence of oxide minerals (hematite and magnetite) in the volcanic rocks of the domes reflect oxidization conditions and high oxygen activity during their formation. Negative TNT and high LREE/HREE anomalies along with positive Pb anomalies and low Nb/U ratios (0.48 to 14.6), as well as tectonomagmatic diagrams indicate that the studied rocks are magmatic products of primary mantle origin, which has been metasomatized by continental crustal rocks. High Ba/Nb values, low Sr and Zr/Y>3 ratio along with geochemical diagrams, confirm the characteristics of arc magmas related to the formation of the rocks under study in a subduction environment.