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![(a) Simplified geological map of Iran (Aghanabati, 2004) and (b) geological map of the Tafresh area (modified after Hajian, 1977). The star shows the position of the plutons in Iran on which AMS was carried out. 1 – Urumieh (Ghalamghash et al.2009); 2 – Tafresh (this study); 3 – Boroujerd and Gousheh (Rasouli et al.2012); 4 – Shir-Kuh (Sheibi et al.2012); 5 – Shah-Kuh (Esmaeily et al.2007); 6 – Zahedan (Sadeghian et al.2005).]()
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![Simplified geological and tectonic zones of Iran (modified after Richads et al. 2012). Location of the Hamedan–Tabriz volcanic belt (HTV) in NW Iran (after Azizi & Moinvaziri, 2009). Location of the Sari Gunay epithermal gold deposit and Moho profile from Mehran to Lahijan (A–B section). Locations with adakitic rocks in Iran mentioned in the text are as follows: Salafchegan (Qom) and Anar (Omrani et al.2008), Tafresh (Ghorbani & Bezenjani, 2011), Ghroveh–Bijar (Azizi et al.2014a; Torkian et al.2019), Saqqez–Takab (Azizi et al.2019a), Tabriz (Jahangiri, 2007), Arasbaran (Jamali et al.2010; Jamali & Mehrabi 2015), Bibi–Maryam (Nehbandan area) (Delavari et al.2014), Sabzevar area (Rossetti et al.2014; Shafaii Moghadam et al.2016) and Meiduk (Alirezaei et al.2017).]()
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Origin and Evolution of Oscillatory Zoned Garnet from Kasva Skarn, Northeast Tafresh, Iran Available to Purchase
Journal: The Canadian Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Association of Canada
Published: 30 January 2018
The Canadian Mineralogist (2018) 56 (1): 15–37.
... spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). The KSD (34°41′32.3″ N, 50°09′34.6″ E) is located ∼13 km east of the city of Tafresh in northern Iran, within the Urumieh-Dokhtar Magmatic Belt ( Fig. 1 ). This arc formed along the Zagros thrust during the Paleogene and Neogene as the northward-moving Neo-Tethys oceanic plate...
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Emplacement mechanism of the Tafresh granitoids, central part of the Urumieh–Dokhtar Magmatic Arc, Iran: evidence from magnetic fabrics Available to Purchase
Journal: Geological Magazine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 09 January 2019
Geological Magazine (2019) 156 (9): 1510–1526.
...Davoud Raeisi; Hassan Mirnejad; Maryam Sheibi Abstract Granitoid stocks crop out in the Ghahan and Sarbadan areas near Tafresh city, which is situated in the central part of the Urumieh–Dokhtar Magmatic Arc, Iran. The stocks, consisting of porphyritic and sub-granular diorite and granular...
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(a) Simplified geological map of Iran (Aghanabati, 2004 ) and (b) geologic... Available to Purchase
in Emplacement mechanism of the Tafresh granitoids, central part of the Urumieh–Dokhtar Magmatic Arc, Iran: evidence from magnetic fabrics
> Geological Magazine
Published: 09 January 2019
Fig. 1. (a) Simplified geological map of Iran (Aghanabati, 2004 ) and (b) geological map of the Tafresh area (modified after Hajian, 1977 ). The star shows the position of the plutons in Iran on which AMS was carried out. 1 – Urumieh (Ghalamghash et al. 2009 ); 2 – Tafresh (this study); 3
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Tectonic map of the Tafresh area showing the main faults. 1:250000 geologic... Available to Purchase
in Emplacement mechanism of the Tafresh granitoids, central part of the Urumieh–Dokhtar Magmatic Arc, Iran: evidence from magnetic fabrics
> Geological Magazine
Published: 09 January 2019
Fig. 3. Tectonic map of the Tafresh area showing the main faults. 1:250000 geological maps of Iran ( www.gsi.ir ).
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Structural development of a major late Cenozoic basin and transpressional belt in central Iran: The Central Basin in the Qom-Saveh area Open Access
Journal: Geosphere
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 August 2009
Geosphere (2009) 5 (4): 325–362.
... were given by Huber (1951) , Sonder (1951 , 1954 , 1956) , Gansser (1955a , 1957) , Furrer and Sonder (1955) , and in 1:100,000-scale map sheets (Geological Survey of Iran, Geological Maps of Iran, Aran, Farmahin, Qom, Saveh, Tafresh). Recent exploration for hydrocarbons in the Oligocene...
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Simplified geological and tectonic zones of Iran (modified after Richads e... Available to Purchase
in Zircon U–Pb ages and petrogenesis of late Miocene adakitic rocks from the Sari Gunay gold deposit, NW Iran
> Geological Magazine
Published: 26 April 2021
section). Locations with adakitic rocks in Iran mentioned in the text are as follows: Salafchegan (Qom) and Anar (Omrani et al. 2008 ), Tafresh (Ghorbani & Bezenjani, 2011 ), Ghroveh–Bijar (Azizi et al. 2014 a ; Torkian et al. 2019 ), Saqqez–Takab (Azizi et al. 2019 a ), Tabriz (Jahangiri
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L'Eocene de la region de Tafresh (Nord-Ouest de l'Iran central) Available to Purchase
Publisher: Société Géologique de France
Published: 01 January 1970
Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France (1970) S7-XII (5): 826–833.
... Cenozoic central Crustacea Eocene Foraminifera igneous rocks ignimbrite Invertebrata Iran lithostratigraphy Mandibulata microfossils Middle East northwest Ostracoda Paleogene paleogeography Podocopida Protista pyroclastics sedimentary rocks stratigraphy Tafresh Tertiary volcanic...
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A summary of the AMS results on intrusive rocks in Iran Pluton Age... Available to Purchase
in Emplacement mechanism of the Tafresh granitoids, central part of the Urumieh–Dokhtar Magmatic Arc, Iran: evidence from magnetic fabrics
> Geological Magazine
Published: 09 January 2019
oblique subduction of the western Neo-Tethys under central Iran Rasouli et al. ( 2012 ) Tafresh 20 50.17 34.73 UDMA Diorite- granodiorite I-type 56.2–71.6 (mean 27.9) 1.2–11.4 (mean 4.87) Oblate Shear zone This study
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Microfacies and sedimentary environments of the late Oligocene-early Miocene Qom Formation of the Gooreh Berenji region (Jandaq area, central Iran) Open Access
Journal: GeoArabia
Publisher: Gulf Petrolink
Published: 01 October 2007
GeoArabia (2007) 12 (4): 41–60.
... and 3, the thickness varies from 100–300 m, whereas in Block 2 it reaches 1,343 m ( Shakeri, 2006 ). In the Tafresh area (the Koriyan-Amjak area), the thickness of the Qom Formation is up to approximately 2,300 m ( Hadjian, 1970 ). In the middle part of the Central Iran Basin (Qom area), the Qom...
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Latest Oligocene adakitic rocks in western Iran: implications for early crustal thickening and tectonic evolution of the Iran Block Available to Purchase
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 01 December 2022
Journal of the Geological Society (2023) 180 (1): jgs2022-020.
.... 2019 . Geochemistry and zircon U–Pb geochronology of Miocene plutons in the Urumieh–Dokhtar magmatic arc, East Tafresh, Central Iran . International Geology Review , 62 , 1815 – 1827 , https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2019.1600436 Richards , J.P. and Kerrich , R. 2007 . Adakite...
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Zircon U–Pb ages and petrogenesis of late Miocene adakitic rocks from the Sari Gunay gold deposit, NW Iran Available to Purchase
Journal: Geological Magazine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 26 April 2021
Geological Magazine (2021) 158 (10): 1733–1755.
... section). Locations with adakitic rocks in Iran mentioned in the text are as follows: Salafchegan (Qom) and Anar (Omrani et al. 2008 ), Tafresh (Ghorbani & Bezenjani, 2011 ), Ghroveh–Bijar (Azizi et al. 2014 a ; Torkian et al. 2019 ), Saqqez–Takab (Azizi et al. 2019 a ), Tabriz (Jahangiri...
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Journal: Economic Geology
Publisher: Society of Economic Geologists
Published: 01 December 2020
Economic Geology (2020) 115 (8): 1877–1880.
..., mineralization, fluid inclusion, and stable isotope characteristics of the Zaghar and Sarabadan Cu-(Au) skarn deposits, Tafresh, central Iran Akram Shahhosseini, Masood Alipour-Asll, Leila Hosseina, and Khalil Bahar-Firouzi article 103646 Textural and geochemical analysis of chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite...
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Subduction-related magmatism (SRM) and its effect on magma fertility: Oligocene–Miocene plutonism evolution in the centre of Urumieh–Dokhtar magmatic arc, Iran Available to Purchase
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 07 July 2025
Journal of the Geological Society (2025) 182 (5): jgs2024-154.
... a metasomatized mantle source . Lithos , 180–181 , 109 – 127 , doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2013.08.003 10.1016/j.lithos.2013.08.003 Chaharlang , R. and Ghorbani , M.R . 2020 . A hidden crust beneath the central Urumieh–Dokhtar Magmatic Arc revealed by inherited zircon ages, Tafresh, Iran...
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Lithospheric mantle, asthenosphere, slab and crustal contribution to petrogenesis of Eocene to Miocene volcanic rocks from the west Alborz Magmatic Assemblage, SE Ahar, Iran Available to Purchase
Journal: Geological Magazine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10 July 2020
Geological Magazine (2021) 158 (3): 375–406.
... and Ghorbani MR ( 2020 ) A hidden crust beneath the central Urumieh-Dokhtar Magmatic Arc revealed by inherited zircon ages, Tafresh, Iran . Geological Journal , 55 3770 – 81 . doi: 10.1002/gj.3631 Chiaradia M ( 2009 ) Adakite-like magmas from fractional crystallization and melting...
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Regional mapping of phyllic- and argillic-altered rocks in the Zagros magmatic arc, Iran, using Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) data and logical operator algorithms Open Access
Journal: Geosphere
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 May 2006
Geosphere (2006) 2 (3): 161–186.
... of Environment , v. 65 p. 227 – 248 doi: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00064-9. Hajian , H. , 1977 , Geological map of the Tafresh area : Tehran, Geological Survey of Iran , scale 1:100,000. Hassanzadeh , J. , 1993 , Metallogenic and tectonomagmatic events in the SE sector of the Cenozoic...
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Site Selection for Municipal Solid Waste Landfill: Case Study of Artvin, Turkey Available to Purchase
Published: 25 February 2022
Environmental & Engineering Geoscience (2022) 28 (3): 293–310.
..., there are problems with transportation. Kamdar et al. (2019) reported that 99.43 percent of the study area of Songkhla City (Thailand) was unsuitable for landfill sites, whereas Karimi et al. (2019) found 87 percent of their research area of Javanrood County (Iran) to be unsuitable. Moreover, as in the present...
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Geochemical constraints on Eocene–Miocene geodynamic and magmatic evolution of the Varan-Naragh area, Urumieh-Dokhtar Magmatic Arc, Iran Available to Purchase
Journal: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Publisher: Canadian Science Publishing
Published: 29 January 2020
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (2020) 57 (9): 1048–1065.
... , R.N. 2011 . Slab partialmelts fromthemetasomatizing agent to adakite, Tafresh Eocene volcanic rocks, Iran . Island Arc , 20 : 188 – 202 . doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2010.00757.x . Ghorbani , M.R. , Graham , I.T. , and Ghaderi , M. 2014 . Oligocene–Miocene geodynamic...
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Petroleum Developments in Middle East Countries in 1972 Available to Purchase
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Publisher: American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Published: 01 October 1973
AAPG Bulletin (1973) 57 (10): 2057–2084.
... of Iran, in Tectonics of Africa : UNESCO Earth Sci. Ser. , no. 6 , 141 – 151 (in French). Flandrin , J. , and J. Hadjian , 1970 ( 1972 ) The Eocene of the Tafresh region, northwestern central Iran : Soc. Geol. Francais Bull., ser. 7 , v. 12 , no. 5 , p. 826 – 833 (in French...
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Petrogenesis of the Harsin–Sahneh serpentinized peridotites along the Zagros suture zone, western Iran: new evidence for mantle metasomatism due to oceanic slab flux Available to Purchase
Journal: Geological Magazine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12 April 2018
Geological Magazine (2019) 156 (5): 772–800.
..., Zagros Suture Zone, Western Iran: implications for Tethyan plate tectonics . Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 17 , 319 – 32 . Ghorbani , M. R. & Bezenjani , R. N. 2011 . Slab partial melts from the metasomatizing agent to adakite, Tafresh Eocene volcanic rocks, Iran . Island Arc...
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LATE CHATTIAN LARGER FORAMINIFERA FROM THE PREBETIC DOMAIN (SE SPAIN): NEW DATA ON SHALLOW BENTHIC ZONE 23 Available to Purchase
Journal: PALAIOS
Publisher: SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology
Published: 01 January 2017
PALAIOS (2017) 32 (1): 83–109.
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