Geodynamic setting and emplacement of mylonitic granitoids within the North Golpayegan shear zone, Iran

The metamorphic complex of the North Golpayegan is part of the Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone. There are at least three distinct stages of deformation in this complex. Throughout the first stage, Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary rocks have experienced regional metamorphism during Late Jurassic tectonic even...

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Published in:Geotectonics 2013-11, Vol.47 (6), p.495-508
Main Authors: Mortaza, Sharifi, Mohsen, Tabatabaei Manesh Seyed, Homayon, Safaei, Somaye, Karimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cretaceous
Deformation
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Geological time
Geophysics
Jurassic
Lithosphere
Mesozoic
Metamorphism
Paleoceanography
Paleocene
Paleozoic
Plate tectonics
Rock deformation
Sedimentary rocks
Structural Geology
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Summary:The metamorphic complex of the North Golpayegan is part of the Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone. There are at least three distinct stages of deformation in this complex. Throughout the first stage, Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary rocks have experienced regional metamorphism during Late Jurassic tectonic events related to the subduction of the Neo-Tethys oceanic lithosphere under the Iranian microcontinent. During the second deformation stage in the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene, the rocks have been mylonitized. The third stage of deformation in the region has led to folding and faulting superimposed on previous structures, and to exhumation of the metamorphic complex. This stage has determined the current morphology and N70E strike of the complex. The mylonitic zones of the second stage of deformation have been formed along the dextral transpressional faults. During the third stage of deformation and exhumation of the metamorphic complex, the mylonitic zones have been uplifted to the surface. The granitoids in the metamorphic complex have been injected along the extensional shear fractures related to the dextral transpressional displacements. The granitoids have been transformed into mylonites within the synthetic or antithetic shear zones. These granitoids are recognized as syncollision type (CCG) and have been formed at the end of orogenic events synchronous to the collision between the Arabian and the Iranian plates at the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene.
ISSN:0016-8521
1556-1976
DOI:10.1134/S0016852113060071