Abstract
Abstract The subduction of continental crust in orogenic belts that are not associated with high-pressure metamorphism is still poorly understood. The Late Triassic postcollisional granitic rocks of NE Iran are related to the convergence between the Central Iran terrane and the Turan terrane on the southern margin of the Eurasian continent. They intruded into the Paleo-Tethyan suture between the Central Iran and Turan terranes. Granitoids of the Torbat-e-Jam pluton were emplaced at ca. 217 Ma, and their moderately high SiO2 (>64 wt. %), low MgO contents (mostly <2 wt. %), slightly depleted Sr-Nd, and zircon Hf isotopes suggest partial melting of a juvenile crust. Granodiorites from NW and SE Mashhad were emplaced at ca. 217 and 200 Ma, and their geochemical features and enriched Sr-Nd and zircon Hf isotopes suggest melting of continental crust. Inherited zircon cores in both the NW and SE Mashhad intrusions have dominant age peaks of ca. 540 and 770 Ma, similar to the age spectrum of adjacent Paleozoic sediments derived from the Central Iran terrane, but distinct from Triassic sediments sourced from the Turan terrane. The inherited zircon cores cannot be explained by crustal contamination during magma ascent, rather the age pattern of inherited zircon cores coincides with major magmatic events in the Central Iran terrane and fingerprint their source, suggesting partial melting of the subducted Central Iran continental crust. This study suggests that the melting of subducted continental crust can occur in simple collisional belts, rather than being confined to ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic orogenic belts.
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