Geochemical, Sr-Nd isotopic investigations and U-Pb zircon chronology of the Takht granodiorite, west Iran: Evidence for post-collisional magmatism in the northern part of the Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic assemblage

• Published in: Journal of African earth sciences (1994) Vol. 139; pp. 354 - 366
• Main Authors: Haghighi Bardineh, Seyyed Nematollah, Zarei Sahamieh, Reza, Zamanian, Hassan, Ahmadi Khalaji, Ahmad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2018
• Subjects: A2-type granite; Iran; Miocene; Post-collisional; Takht granodiorite; UDMA; Post-collisional; Takht granodiorite; A2-type granite; Miocene; UDMA; Iran
• ISSN: 1464-343X; 1879-1956
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2017.12.030

Subduction of Neo-Tethys lithosphere beneath the Iranian plateau during Neogene led to the formation of a NW-SE trending volcano-plutonic zone called Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic assemblage (UDMA). The Takht granodiorite (NE of Hamedan Province, western Iran) belongs to the UDMA and has geochemical properties of post-collisional granitoids that was formed after the collision of Arabian and Iranian plateaus. This body contains rounded mafic micro-granular enclaves with relatively gradational rims indicating the effect of magma mixing/mingling in formation of the granodiorite body. The determination of U-Pb zircon age proved the Takht granodiorite was formed at Miocene (16.8 ± 0.24 Ma). The Nd-Sr isotope ratios and Sr/Nd, Nb/La and Th/U ratios of the granodiorite confirmed the magma was formed mainly by melting of continental crust, and its enclaves originated from a mantle derived mafic magma. Samples show negative anomalies in Nb, Sr, Ti, P and Eu, whereas positive anomalies in Th, K, Zr, Yb and Rb that reveals contribution of mantle and crustal materials in their generation. The Takht granodiorite has geochemical features of A2-type granites and also shows properties of both the volcanic arc and within plate magmatism association granitoids (high levels of LILEs and HFSEs). Regarding this interpretation and also post-collisional tectonic regime, it can be concluded that post-collision extensions caused deep faults in the UDMA that let mantle derived magmas rise up to the thicken crust. Such magma triggered melting in the middle crustal levels and was contaminated with crustal materials to generate granodiorite and enclave magmas respectively. The results of the current study decipher collision between the Arabian and the Iranian plateaus occurred before Miocene and the magmatism in the UDMA continued after closure of Neo-Tethys. [Display omitted] •U-Pb age Langhian - Burdigalian (16.8 ± 0.24 Ma) for the Takht granodiorite of UDMA in west Iran.•Sr-Nd isotopic contents indicate the Tatkht granodiorite is from continental crust source.•Determination of pre-Miocene age for time of the collision between the Arabian and Iranian plates.