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Geochemical, Microthermometric, And Isotopic Constraints On The Origin Of Fluorite Deposits In Central Anatolia, Turkey, Peli̇n Coşanay, Ece Kirat, Ni̇hal Çevi̇k, Ceyda Kizilkanat, Hali̇m Mutlu, Şükrü Koç Jan 2017

Geochemical, Microthermometric, And Isotopic Constraints On The Origin Of Fluorite Deposits In Central Anatolia, Turkey, Peli̇n Coşanay, Ece Kirat, Ni̇hal Çevi̇k, Ceyda Kizilkanat, Hali̇m Mutlu, Şükrü Koç

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

We investigate rare earth element geochemistry, microthermometric characteristics, and radiogenic isotope systematics of fluorites and stable isotope compositions of gangue minerals from several fluorite deposits in central Turkey. In the deposits, fluorite is the main ore mineral and it is accompanied by quartz, calcite, and minor pyrite and barite. Veins are represented by three different fluorite types based on their color. Total REY contents of fluorites are highly variable, ranging from 24 to 693 ppm. LREE concentrations of fluorites of all colors are similar but medium and heavy REE abundances of green fluorites are nearly an order of magnitude greater …


Paleoenvironment Of The Late Oligocene From The Kağızman-Tuzluca Basin (Northeastern Anatolia) Based On The Micro- And Macrofloras, Mi̇ne Sezgül Kayseri̇ Özer, Recep Hayretti̇n Sancay, Şevket Şen, Koray Sözeri̇, Gregoire Métais, Turhan Ayyildiz, Baki̇ Erdoğan Varol Jan 2017

Paleoenvironment Of The Late Oligocene From The Kağızman-Tuzluca Basin (Northeastern Anatolia) Based On The Micro- And Macrofloras, Mi̇ne Sezgül Kayseri̇ Özer, Recep Hayretti̇n Sancay, Şevket Şen, Koray Sözeri̇, Gregoire Métais, Turhan Ayyildiz, Baki̇ Erdoğan Varol

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Kağızman-Tuzluca Basin in East Anatolia is still poorly documented for its stratigraphy and in particular its paleofloral assemblages. In this study, the microfloras from the Kağızman-Kötek and Kömürlü areas and the macroflora from the Tuzluca area in this basin have been defined to overcome this deficiency. Sedimentary sequences of the Kağızman-Kömürlü area have been deposited in terrestrial conditions different from the sequences of the Kağızman-Kötek and Tuzluca areas, which were deposited in brackish conditions near a shallow marine environment. Paleovegetation in eastern Anatolia is represented by mixed mesophytic and coniferous forests restricted to high and middle altitudes (e.g. Pinus, …


The Discovery Of A Low-Angle Normal Fault In The Taurus Mountains: The İvriz Detachment And Implications Concerning The Cenozoic Geology Of Southern Turkey, Gürol Seyi̇toğlu, Veysel Işik, Esra Gürbüz, Alper Gürbüz Jan 2017

The Discovery Of A Low-Angle Normal Fault In The Taurus Mountains: The İvriz Detachment And Implications Concerning The Cenozoic Geology Of Southern Turkey, Gürol Seyi̇toğlu, Veysel Işik, Esra Gürbüz, Alper Gürbüz

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The İvriz detachment fault has been determined on the southern border of the Ulukışla basin separating the metamorphic Bolkar Group of the Taurus Mountains and the Paleocene-Lower Eocene Halkapınar formation of basin deposits. The fault dips towards the north and has kinematic indicators (asymmetric grain/grain aggregate porphyroclasts, oblique foliation, and S-C fabrics), suggesting a top-to-the-N-NE sense of shearing. The clastic material originating from the Bolkar Group in the sedimentary units of the Ulukışla basin demonstrates that the detachment fault could have been be active during Latest Cretaceous-Eocene times. The İvriz detachment may have initiated as part of a high-angle breakaway …


The Impact Of Eustasy, Tectonics, And Paleoclimate On The Dolomitization Of The Syn-Rift Neogene Carbonate Platforms In The Red Sea Coastal Area, Egypt, Abdallah Mohammed Hassan Jan 2017

The Impact Of Eustasy, Tectonics, And Paleoclimate On The Dolomitization Of The Syn-Rift Neogene Carbonate Platforms In The Red Sea Coastal Area, Egypt, Abdallah Mohammed Hassan

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

A very significant quantity of dolomites and dolomitic limestones of variable origins occurs in the syn-rift Neogene carbonate platforms of the NW Red Sea coast and the Gulf of Suez. These are more common in the Um Diheisi Member of the Ranga Formation (early Miocene), the Um Mahara Formation (middle Miocene), the Um Gheig Formation (late Miocene), and the Dashet El Dabaa Member of the Shagra Formation (Pliocene). Based on their stratigraphic distribution, petrography, and cathodoluminescent characteristics, as supported by geochemical data, syn-rift irregular morphotectonic relief, and the eustasy, four distinct types of dolomites have been identified and were interpreted …


Crustal S-Wave Structure Around The Lake Van Region (Eastern Turkey) From Interstation Rayleigh Wave Phase Velocity Analyses, Hakan Çinar, Hamdi̇ Alkan Jan 2017

Crustal S-Wave Structure Around The Lake Van Region (Eastern Turkey) From Interstation Rayleigh Wave Phase Velocity Analyses, Hakan Çinar, Hamdi̇ Alkan

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

This study focuses on the average crustal and the upper mantle structure throughout the Lake Van region of eastern Turkey. The study aimed to investigate the structure with the fundamental mode interstation Rayleigh wave phase velocities from the local and the regional earthquakes recorded by Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute stations. Considering back azimuth differences of each source and station path, six different broadband station pairs and 27 earthquakes were selected to determine the 1-D shear-wave velocity structures throughout the region by using an interstation method (slant stacking technique). The linearized least squares algorithm was used to obtain the …


Marine Effects On Vertical Electrical Soundings Along Shorelines, Emi̇n Uğur Ulugergerli̇ Jan 2017

Marine Effects On Vertical Electrical Soundings Along Shorelines, Emi̇n Uğur Ulugergerli̇

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Onshore applications of direct current resistivity (DCR) along shorelines suffer a short-circuit-like phenomenon due to electrical current flowing through a more conductive body of water rather than ground. Our study of the numerical simulation of DCR data with a three-dimensional forward model demonstrated that the apparent resistivity was reduced as a function of the sea depth and the distance of measurement site to the shoreline. Furthermore, it was concluded that the "marine effects" on DCR data (i.e. reduction in apparent resistivity) become nonnegligible as the ratio of half-electrode expansion (AB/2) to the distance to the shoreline is larger than one. …


Active Faults In The Anatolian-Aegean Plate Boundary Region With Nubia, Ali̇ Değer Özbakir, Rob Govers, Rinus Wortel Jan 2017

Active Faults In The Anatolian-Aegean Plate Boundary Region With Nubia, Ali̇ Değer Özbakir, Rob Govers, Rinus Wortel

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Convergence of the Africa, Arabia, and Eurasia plates and the westward escape of Anatolia have resulted in an evolving plate boundary zone in the Eastern Mediterranean. The current location and nature of the plate boundary between the Anatolian and the African plate is difficult to trace due to the scattered crustal earthquakes and the absence of deep ones. We examine various types and locations for the plate boundary as constrained by seismicity, seismic reflection studies, tomographic studies, and geodetic measurements and we use a spherical plane stress finite element model to test these possibilities. In our regional model, we impose …


Maastrichtian-Thanetian Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy And Remarks On The K-Pg Boundary In The Southern Kocaeli Peninsula (Nw Turkey), Volkan Sarigül, Aynur Hakyemez, Okan Tüysüz, Şengül Can Genç, İsmai̇l Ömer Yilmaz, Ercan Özcan Jan 2017

Maastrichtian-Thanetian Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy And Remarks On The K-Pg Boundary In The Southern Kocaeli Peninsula (Nw Turkey), Volkan Sarigül, Aynur Hakyemez, Okan Tüysüz, Şengül Can Genç, İsmai̇l Ömer Yilmaz, Ercan Özcan

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Kocaeli Peninsula (NW Turkey) provides one of the best exposed deep marine Upper Cretaceous-Palaeocene sections in north-western Anatolia. The biostratigraphic framework from three sections, namely Belen, Bulduk, and Toylar, in the southern part of the Kocaeli Peninsula is established by means of planktonic foraminifera. A very rich planktonic foraminiferal assemblage analysed both in thin sections and washed residues records a biozonation ranging from the Contusotruncana contusa (CF6) Zone (Maastrichtian) to the Globanomalina pseudomenardii (P4) Zone (Thanetian). Although a major part of the biozones in the studied interval is clearly defined, the upper three zones (CF1-3) of the latest Maastrichtian …


Sulfur Isotope Characteristics Of The Permian Vhms Deposits In Tasik Chini District, Central Belt Of Peninsular Malaysia, Mohd Basril Iswadi Basori, Khin Zaw, Robert Ross Large, Wan Fuad Wan Hassan Jan 2017

Sulfur Isotope Characteristics Of The Permian Vhms Deposits In Tasik Chini District, Central Belt Of Peninsular Malaysia, Mohd Basril Iswadi Basori, Khin Zaw, Robert Ross Large, Wan Fuad Wan Hassan

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Sulfur isotope data from sulfide and sulfate minerals have been measured from the two typical examples of the Permian volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) deposits at the Tasik Chini district in the Central Belt of Peninsular Malaysia. In this study, we present the sulfur isotope data for 33 sulfide minerals and 23 barite samples from two VHMS deposits in the Tasik Chini district. Sulfides show a narrow range of sulfur values from -2.9%o to +8.30%o, which can be interpreted to be derived from a mixed sulfur source of reduced seawater sulfate with the possible addition of magmatic sulfur. Sulfate sulfur in …


Depositional Stages Of The Eğribucak Inner Basin (Terrestrial To Marine Evaporite And Carbonate) From The Sivas Basin (Central Anatolia, Turkey), Özgen Kangal, Nazi̇re Erdem, Baki̇ Erdoğan Varol Jan 2017

Depositional Stages Of The Eğribucak Inner Basin (Terrestrial To Marine Evaporite And Carbonate) From The Sivas Basin (Central Anatolia, Turkey), Özgen Kangal, Nazi̇re Erdem, Baki̇ Erdoğan Varol

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Sivas Cenozoic Basin and coeval Central Anatolian basins such as Çankırı and Tuz Gölü are characterized by both marine and terrestrial sediments ranging in age from the Eocene to early Miocene. The evaporite regime here generally appeared during the late stage of Eocene transgression and persisted through the Oligocene time. However, marine-induced Oligocene evaporites are less known because of less paleontological evidence and regional tectonics and salt diapirism that mostly caused the destruction of their original stratigraphic positions. The Eğribucak area studied here, located about 25 km southeast of Sivas, provides a well-stratified key section to shed light on …


Terrestrial-Marine Sedimentary Cycles In The South Yellow Sea, China: Implications For Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction Since Mis 5, Liangtao Ye, Ge Yu, Mengna Liao, Shouyun Hu, Longsheng Wang, Lei Gao Jan 2017

Terrestrial-Marine Sedimentary Cycles In The South Yellow Sea, China: Implications For Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction Since Mis 5, Liangtao Ye, Ge Yu, Mengna Liao, Shouyun Hu, Longsheng Wang, Lei Gao

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Sedimentary records of the continental shelves since Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5 are valuable for paleoenvironmental reconstruction and decipherment of land-sea interactions. Since the 1990s, different perspectives on global glacioclimate magnitudes and the associated evolution of major sedimentary environments during the Late Pleistocene have caused a distinctive understanding of marine transgressions and coastal deposits during MIS 3 and MIS 5. Moreover, the chronology of sediment sequences from this region was primarily determined based on radiocarbon dating, which might be problematic for deposits of 40-50 ka BP or older. In this study, we used both a 150-m-long sedimentary core (YZ07) as …


The Neotectonics Of Southeast Turkey, Northern Syria, And Iraq: The Internal Structure Of The Southeast Anatolian Wedge And Its Relationship With Recent Earthquakes, Gürol Seyi̇toğlu, Korhan Esat, Bülent Kaypak Jan 2017

The Neotectonics Of Southeast Turkey, Northern Syria, And Iraq: The Internal Structure Of The Southeast Anatolian Wedge And Its Relationship With Recent Earthquakes, Gürol Seyi̇toğlu, Korhan Esat, Bülent Kaypak

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

In southeastern Turkey, northern Syria, and Iraq, the Southeast Anatolian Wedge (SEAW) is recognized as lying between the high altitude Bitlis-Zagros Suture Zone and the Sincar Mountains on the Mesopotamian plain. This wedge narrows towards the south and contains several thrust and blind thrust zones merging with the basal thrust zone. These zones are determined mainly by locations of fault-propagation folding that generally limit the Plio-Quaternary/Quaternary plains in the region. The positions of these active thrust/blind thrust zones and their relationships to the right and left lateral faults may be used to explain the seismic activity of the region.


Relationships Between Sequence Stratigraphy And Diagenesis Of Corals And Foraminifers In The Middle Eocene, Northern Egypt, Mohamed Tawfik, Abdelbaset S. El-Sorogy, Mahmoud Moussa Jan 2017

Relationships Between Sequence Stratigraphy And Diagenesis Of Corals And Foraminifers In The Middle Eocene, Northern Egypt, Mohamed Tawfik, Abdelbaset S. El-Sorogy, Mahmoud Moussa

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Outcrops of the Middle Eocene in northern Egypt represent a Tethyan reef-rimmed carbonate platform with bedded inner-platform facies. The diagenesis of these outcrops was studied in detail. The facies are characterized by a reef core, back reef and outer lagoon, shoal, inner lagoon, and tidal flat carbonate sequences. The diagenetic sequences on the scleractinian corals and foraminifers were thoroughly examined. These sequences show various diagenetic features during episodes of fluctuating sea levels and appear to be related to the primary composition of the studied components and the transgressive-regressive cycles. The carbonate diagenetic history of the examined samples successively includes marine-phreatic, …


Petrogenesis Of Plio-Quaternary Basanites In The Gandom Beryan Area, Kerman,Iran: Geochemical Evidence For The Low-Degree Partial Melting Of Enriched Mantle, Seyed Javad Yousefi, Abbas Moradian, Hamid Ahmadipour Jan 2017

Petrogenesis Of Plio-Quaternary Basanites In The Gandom Beryan Area, Kerman,Iran: Geochemical Evidence For The Low-Degree Partial Melting Of Enriched Mantle, Seyed Javad Yousefi, Abbas Moradian, Hamid Ahmadipour

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

In the Gandom Beryan area, basanitic lava flows erupted from fractures in the Nayband fault zone and formed an area of about 300 km2 of basanitic rocks in the western part of the Lut Block. Olivine and clinopyroxene are the major phenocrysts in a microlitic groundmass for these basanitic rocks. The geochemical data show that Gandom Beryan rocks are basanite in composition and belong to intercontinental rifts related to alkali basanites. These rocks have low Fe/Mg ratios (Fe2O3t/MgO = 1.07-1.43) with low silica content (SiO2 = 44.89-48.26 wt.%) and are high-Ti basanites. The investigated rocks are characterized by a significant …


Estimation Of The Crustal Structure In Central Anatolia (Turkey) Using Receiver Functions, Begüm Çivgin, Bülent Kaypak Jan 2017

Estimation Of The Crustal Structure In Central Anatolia (Turkey) Using Receiver Functions, Begüm Çivgin, Bülent Kaypak

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The receiver function analysis method was used to determine the crustal structure in Central Anatolia, Turkey, by using teleseismic earthquake records. The method is based on the conversion of incident P waves into S waves reaching an interface in the crust or upper mantle and arrival of the converted wave to the station just after the direct P waves. A temporary seismic network, the Ankara Earthquake Monitoring Network (AnkNET), consisting of six broadband seismograph stations, has been deployed in order to monitor the seismicity in Ankara and its surroundings during the period of 2007?2010. In this study, the crustal structures …


Karstic Depressions On Bolkar Mountain Plateau, Central Taurus (Turkey):Distribution Characteristics And Tectonic Effect On Orientation, Muhammed Zeynel Öztürk, Mesut Şi̇mşek, Mustafa Utlu, Mehmet Furkan Şener Jan 2017

Karstic Depressions On Bolkar Mountain Plateau, Central Taurus (Turkey):Distribution Characteristics And Tectonic Effect On Orientation, Muhammed Zeynel Öztürk, Mesut Şi̇mşek, Mustafa Utlu, Mehmet Furkan Şener

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

This study investigates the spatial distribution characteristics of karstic depressions that developed on a 2558 km2 plateau with gently sloping in neritic (reef) limestones in the western section of the Bolkar Mountains. The 30,132 karstic depressions identified are located at elevations between 1315 and 2525 m, while 31°/km2 slope and 5.6 km/km2 drainage density are limited to the spatial distribution of depressions. In the central section of the study area at the anticlinal surface, maximum density (99 depressions/km2) is reached between elevations of 1930 and 2080 m. The orientation of depressions is predominantly NE-SW. However, in the same area, the …


A Model For Estimating Parameters Of Rotational Landslideusing A First-Order Differential Equation, Cahi̇t Taği Çeli̇k Jan 2017

A Model For Estimating Parameters Of Rotational Landslideusing A First-Order Differential Equation, Cahi̇t Taği Çeli̇k

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

A first-order differential equation was developed and proposed as a search tool in the detection and determination of rotational landslides from two epochs of light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system data in the form of 3D points. To test the proposed method two epochs of LiDAR data were used: one before and one after a rotational landslide occurred. The first epoch of LiDAR data was real, while the second epoch of LiDAR data was simulated based on the first epoch to ensure one or more rotational landslides were included. From the last returns of LiDAR data of both epochs, two …


Improved Composition Of Hawaiian Basalt Bhvo-1 From The Application Of Two New And Three Conventional Recursive Discordancy Tests, Surendra P. Verma, Mauricio Rosales-Rivera, Lorena Díaz-González, Alfredo Quiroz-Ruiz Jan 2017

Improved Composition Of Hawaiian Basalt Bhvo-1 From The Application Of Two New And Three Conventional Recursive Discordancy Tests, Surendra P. Verma, Mauricio Rosales-Rivera, Lorena Díaz-González, Alfredo Quiroz-Ruiz

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

In order to establish the best statistical procedure for estimating improved compositional data in geochemical reference materials for quality control purposes, we evaluated the test performance criterion (πD C) and swamping (πswamp) and masking (πmask) effects of 30 conventional and 32 new discordancy tests for normal distributions from central tendency slippage δ = 2-10, number of contaminants E = 1-4, and sample sizes n = 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, and 80. Critical values or percentage points required for 44 test variants were generated through precise and accurate Monte Carlo simulations for sample sizes nmin(1)100. The recursive tests showed overall …


Organic Geochemical Characteristics And Depositional Environment Of Lower-Middle Miocene Küçükkuyu Formation, Edremit Gulf, Nw Turkey, Ayşe Bozcu Jan 2017

Organic Geochemical Characteristics And Depositional Environment Of Lower-Middle Miocene Küçükkuyu Formation, Edremit Gulf, Nw Turkey, Ayşe Bozcu

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Lower-Middle Miocene Küçükkuyu Formation crops out extensively in the Edremit Gulf area (NW Turkey). In this study, shale samples from this unit were investigated to evaluate source rock characteristics, depositional conditions, and hydrocarbon potential. Outcrop samples of the Küçükkuyu Formation were taken from different locations and analyzed by Rock-Eval pyrolysis, vitrinite reflectance (Ro), stable carbon isotope (δ13C), total sulfur (TS), gas chromatography (GC), and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The total organic carbon (TOC) values range from 0.23 to 6.1 wt.% with an average of 1.76 wt.% for the northern samples and 0.24 to 2.82 wt.% with an average of …


Higher-Resolution Biostratigraphy For The Kinta Limestone And An Implication For Continuous Sedimentation In The Paleo-Tethys, Western Belt Of Peninsular Malaysia, Haylay Tsegab Gebretsadik, Chow Weng Sum, Gatovsky A.Yuriy, Aaron W. Hunter, Jasmi Ab Talib, Solomon Kassa Jan 2017

Higher-Resolution Biostratigraphy For The Kinta Limestone And An Implication For Continuous Sedimentation In The Paleo-Tethys, Western Belt Of Peninsular Malaysia, Haylay Tsegab Gebretsadik, Chow Weng Sum, Gatovsky A.Yuriy, Aaron W. Hunter, Jasmi Ab Talib, Solomon Kassa

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The paleogeography of the juxtaposed Southeast Asian terranes, derived from the northeastern margins of Gondwana during the Carboniferous to Triassic, resulted in complex basin evolution with massive carbonate deposition on the margins of the Paleo-Tethys. Due to the inherited structural and tectonothermal complexities, discovery of diagnostic microfossils from these carbonates has been problematic. This is particularly the case for the Kinta Limestone, a massive Paleozoic carbonate succession that covers most of the Kinta Valley in the central part of the Western Belt of Peninsular Malaysia. Owing to the complex structural and igneous events, as well as extensive diagenetic alterations, establishing …


The Physical And Physicochemical Properties Of Some Turkish Thermal Muds And Pure Clay Minerals And Their Uses In Therapy, Muazzez Çeli̇k Karakaya, Necati̇ Karakaya, Senar Aydin Jan 2017

The Physical And Physicochemical Properties Of Some Turkish Thermal Muds And Pure Clay Minerals And Their Uses In Therapy, Muazzez Çeli̇k Karakaya, Necati̇ Karakaya, Senar Aydin

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The physical and physicochemical properties of thermal muds (peloids) from 20 spas in Turkey were defined and compared with those of naturally pure clay minerals, smectite, illite, sepiolite, and kaolinite, to define the suitability of their use in pastes, masks, creams, and/or mud baths. The liquid and plastic limit values of the peloids show medium to high plasticity. The values of the pure clay minerals vary from 110 to 369 and 60 to 130, respectively, being higher than those of the peloid samples except for illite and kaolinite. The peloid samples show very soft, soft, semihard, hard, and fluid properties …


Investigating Moho Depth, Curie Point, And Heat Flow Variations Of The Yozgat Batholith And Its Surrounding Area, North Central Anatolia,Turkey, Using Gravity And Magnetic Anomalies, Funda Bi̇li̇m Jan 2017

Investigating Moho Depth, Curie Point, And Heat Flow Variations Of The Yozgat Batholith And Its Surrounding Area, North Central Anatolia,Turkey, Using Gravity And Magnetic Anomalies, Funda Bi̇li̇m

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

This paper proposes an interpretation of the Bouguer gravity and magnetic anomaly map of the Yozgat Batholith and its surrounding area (north central Anatolia) for determination of crustal and geothermal structures. In the study area, the Moho and Conrad depths based on a relationship between Bouguer gravity anomaly and seismically determined crustal thickness were estimated as 34-39 km and 19.5-21.5 km, respectively. The crustal thickness of the study area increases from west to east. The estimated Curie point depths in the study area by means of spectral analysis of the magnetic data vary between 10.4 and 19.5 km. The shallow …


Feather-Like Hornblende Aggregates In The Phyllites From The Southern Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, Iran; Their Origin And Mode Of Formation, Hossein Fatehi, Hamid Ahmadipour, Nakashima Kuzuo, Hesamaddin Moeinzadeh Jan 2017

Feather-Like Hornblende Aggregates In The Phyllites From The Southern Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, Iran; Their Origin And Mode Of Formation, Hossein Fatehi, Hamid Ahmadipour, Nakashima Kuzuo, Hesamaddin Moeinzadeh

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Several outcrops of spectacular feather-like hornblende aggregates occur in the phyllites of the Gol-e-Gohar complex (southeast of Iran) and form special Garbenschiefer rock types. The Gol-e-Gohar complex, as a part of the southern Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic zone, contains a succession of metabasites, phyllites, and slates intruded by dioritic intrusions. There are two types of hornblendes in the phyllites; the first one is concentrated around the fractures and the second one is randomly distributed in the rocks and forms radial feather-like hornblende aggregates. Petrographical and chemical characteristics of these two shapes of hornblendes are the same, except the latter is developed parallel …


Evaluation Of Hydrogeochemical And Isotopic Properties Of The Geothermal Waters In The East Of Mount Sabalan, Nw Iran, Rahim Masoumi, Ali Asghar Calagari, Kamal Siahcheshm, Soheil Porkhial Jan 2017

Evaluation Of Hydrogeochemical And Isotopic Properties Of The Geothermal Waters In The East Of Mount Sabalan, Nw Iran, Rahim Masoumi, Ali Asghar Calagari, Kamal Siahcheshm, Soheil Porkhial

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Mount Sabalan district is regarded as the best place to investigate geothermal activities in northwest Iran. Since the last episode of volcanic activity in the Plio-Quaternary time, hot springs and surficial steams as conspicuous manifestation of geothermal activities have appeared around the slopes of Mount Sabalan. The hot fluids circulating in this geothermal field contains anions chiefly of HCO3- and Cl-; however, SO42- content in some water samples is relatively high, imparting sulfate characteristics to such fluids. Geothermometric studies provided compelling evidence for estimation of the reservoir temperature (~150 °C) in the study areas. Thus, in this respect, the …