QE312 : Mineral chemistry of intrusive rocks and application of remote sensing for identification of the Gardaneh Ahovan rocks, NE Semnan
Thesis > Central Library of Shahrood University > Geosciences > MSc > 2016
Authors:
Masoumeh Khanhdar [Author], Mehdi Rezaei-Kahkhaei[Supervisor], Habibolah Ghasemi[Supervisor], M. Rezaei [Advisor]
Abstarct: The Ahovan area located in 30km NW Semnan and is a part of Central Alborz structural zone. The area contains intrusive plutons with gabbro, diorite, monzodiorite, granodiorite and granite composition which intruded in volcanic rocks, marl and limestone. The volcanic rocks interbedded with sedimentary rocks which contain fossils from Eocene such as nummulite, Discocyclina, Asellina and Alveolinid. As the plutonic rocks cut the volcanic rocks, they should be younger than middle Eocene. The Landsat and Terra satellite images were used here for identification and separation of rock types in the study area through quality and quantity methods. The result of these study cause separation of intrusive rocks (gabbro, granite,…), extrusive rocks (andesite, basalt,…), sedimentary rocks (limestone fossiliferous, Fe- sandstone, …) and alteration detection. Finally, the area map was drawn with full information. Moreover, EPMA data were also applied in the present study for determining the precise name of minerals and the physical-chemistry conditions of the magma. The result of clinopyroxene microprobe data represent that they are diopside and augite in composition and crystallized from sub-alkaline magma in T= 1100-1180 °C and P= <2 to 4kbar. The clinopyroxene data from gabbro and granodiorite were plot below and above the Fe3+=0 line, respectively, suggesting clinopyroxene from gabbro were crystallized in lower oxygen fugacity in compare with granodiorite. baxsed on Ti value in biotite, this mineral was crystallized in 850 °C. Amphible from the study rcoks are edenite and magnesiohastingsite and crystallized in high oxygen fugacity. Thus, the study rocks are related to convergent boundaries. Plagioclase ranged from oligoclase to bytownite in composition and two feldspar thermometers represents cessation of exchange and equilibrium of feldspars at T= ~700ºC.
Keywords:
#Ahovan area #Semnan #Remote Sensing #ASTER #ETM+ #Thermobarometry #Gabbro #Pyroxene Link
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