Geochemistry of gabbroic pockets of a mantle sequence in the Nain ophiolite (Central Iran): Constraints on petrogenesis and tectonic setting of the ophiolite

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-62

  Mehdipour Ghazi, Javad ^a   Rahgoshay, Mohammad ^a   Shafaii Moghadam, Hadi ^a   Moazzen, Mohssen ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gabbro; Iran; Marginal basin; Nain; Ophiolite

Indexed keywords

GABBRO; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; OPHIOLITE; PETROGENESIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TECTONIC SETTING;

IRAN;

EID: 78649494712     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2010/0162     Document Type: Article

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