Geochemistry of sheeted dikes in the Nain ophiolite (central Iran)

Ofioliti

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-129

  Rahmani, Fatemeh ^a   Noghreyan, Moussa ^a   Khalili, Mahmoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Central Iran; Geochemistry; Nain ophiolite; Paleocene eocene; Sheeted dike; Supra subduction zone

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIKE; DUNITE; GABBRO; GEOCHEMISTRY; HARZBURGITE; LAVA; LHERZOLITE; LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE; OUTCROP; PEGMATITE; PERIDOTITE; PLAGIOGRANITE; PYROXENITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SERPENTINIZATION; THOLEIITE;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 46149122187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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