Petrology, Minerals chemistry and Geochemical relationships of the Sheared Gabbro Rocks in Alanah (Beesha) area within Erbil Governorate, NE Iraq

The current research is seeking to identify the petrography, mineralogy and geochemical relationships of Gabbro rocks in Besha area within Erbil Governorate, at the Unstable Shelf in Imbricate Zone. This study aims to determine the origin of the gabbroic rocks and their geochemical relationships....

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Main Authors: Harith E. Al-Jubury, Mazin Y. Tamr Agha, Ahmed M. Aqrawi
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Language:English
Published: College of science, university of Diyala 2023-10-01
Series:Academic Science Journal
Online Access:https://acadscij.uodiyala.edu.iq/index.php/Home/article/view/306
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author Harith E. Al-Jubury
Mazin Y. Tamr Agha
Ahmed M. Aqrawi
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description The current research is seeking to identify the petrography, mineralogy and geochemical relationships of Gabbro rocks in Besha area within Erbil Governorate, at the Unstable Shelf in Imbricate Zone. This study aims to determine the origin of the gabbroic rocks and their geochemical relationships. The basic sheared gabbro rocks are exceptional in the studied area at Alanah (Beesha) in samples (B1, B2, B3, B6, and B8). The sheared gabbroic rocks contain fine to very fine crystals of plagioclase which is presenting as euhedral to subhedral tabular crystals and anhedral grains that cumulate and fractured by shearing stress that can be concentrically zoned as well as processing polysynthetic twins. The gabbroic rocks in the area of study are characterized by moderate to high ranges of the loss on ignition. These variation values are a crude measuring of the rock alteration degree. Accordingly, all gabbro rocks types have been affected by the variable alteration degree. These gabbroic rocks exhibiting the tholeiitic geochemical features, with characterized by good trend of sub-alkaline tholeiitic in the total alkalis-silica and AFM relationships with the medium-K tholeiitic. Generally, the most distinctive properties exhibiting by using spider diagrams of the gabbro rocks in the studied area are selected enrichment of the certain elements such as Sr, Ba and U, addition to relatively lack of enrichment of Zr, Y and Hf. These geochemical patterns and the variation of the HFSEs are exhibiting by the tholeiite rocks are characterization of the supra subduction Zone. In Addition to all analyzing opaque minerals in the sheared gabbro rocks of the area of study are representing alumina magnetite and secondary magnetite.
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spelling doaj-art-41da50a03bcd4aa4b27319bef29abe872024-11-19T10:00:25ZengCollege of science, university of DiyalaAcademic Science Journal2958-46122959-55682023-10-011410.24237/ASJ.01.04.582CPetrology, Minerals chemistry and Geochemical relationships of the Sheared Gabbro Rocks in Alanah (Beesha) area within Erbil Governorate, NE IraqHarith E. Al-JuburyMazin Y. Tamr AghaAhmed M. Aqrawi The current research is seeking to identify the petrography, mineralogy and geochemical relationships of Gabbro rocks in Besha area within Erbil Governorate, at the Unstable Shelf in Imbricate Zone. This study aims to determine the origin of the gabbroic rocks and their geochemical relationships. The basic sheared gabbro rocks are exceptional in the studied area at Alanah (Beesha) in samples (B1, B2, B3, B6, and B8). The sheared gabbroic rocks contain fine to very fine crystals of plagioclase which is presenting as euhedral to subhedral tabular crystals and anhedral grains that cumulate and fractured by shearing stress that can be concentrically zoned as well as processing polysynthetic twins. The gabbroic rocks in the area of study are characterized by moderate to high ranges of the loss on ignition. These variation values are a crude measuring of the rock alteration degree. Accordingly, all gabbro rocks types have been affected by the variable alteration degree. These gabbroic rocks exhibiting the tholeiitic geochemical features, with characterized by good trend of sub-alkaline tholeiitic in the total alkalis-silica and AFM relationships with the medium-K tholeiitic. Generally, the most distinctive properties exhibiting by using spider diagrams of the gabbro rocks in the studied area are selected enrichment of the certain elements such as Sr, Ba and U, addition to relatively lack of enrichment of Zr, Y and Hf. These geochemical patterns and the variation of the HFSEs are exhibiting by the tholeiite rocks are characterization of the supra subduction Zone. In Addition to all analyzing opaque minerals in the sheared gabbro rocks of the area of study are representing alumina magnetite and secondary magnetite. https://acadscij.uodiyala.edu.iq/index.php/Home/article/view/306
spellingShingle Harith E. Al-Jubury
Mazin Y. Tamr Agha
Ahmed M. Aqrawi
Petrology, Minerals chemistry and Geochemical relationships of the Sheared Gabbro Rocks in Alanah (Beesha) area within Erbil Governorate, NE Iraq
Academic Science Journal
title Petrology, Minerals chemistry and Geochemical relationships of the Sheared Gabbro Rocks in Alanah (Beesha) area within Erbil Governorate, NE Iraq
title_full Petrology, Minerals chemistry and Geochemical relationships of the Sheared Gabbro Rocks in Alanah (Beesha) area within Erbil Governorate, NE Iraq
title_fullStr Petrology, Minerals chemistry and Geochemical relationships of the Sheared Gabbro Rocks in Alanah (Beesha) area within Erbil Governorate, NE Iraq
title_full_unstemmed Petrology, Minerals chemistry and Geochemical relationships of the Sheared Gabbro Rocks in Alanah (Beesha) area within Erbil Governorate, NE Iraq
title_short Petrology, Minerals chemistry and Geochemical relationships of the Sheared Gabbro Rocks in Alanah (Beesha) area within Erbil Governorate, NE Iraq
title_sort petrology minerals chemistry and geochemical relationships of the sheared gabbro rocks in alanah beesha area within erbil governorate ne iraq
url https://acadscij.uodiyala.edu.iq/index.php/Home/article/view/306
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