Mohammad Ali Makizadeh, Ph.D. ,

Associate Professor

Department Of Geology
Faculty Of Geology

Email

ma.makizadeh@sci.ui.ac.ir

Address

University of Isfahan Azadi square Isfahan, Iran
Postal Code : 8174673441

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2025

Direklo-Mehdikhan Alkaline Basalt District, an Indication of a Quaternary Continental Within Plate Extensional Mechanism

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Narimani, F., Makizadeh, M.A., Sharifi, M.

Publication Date: 2025

Petrological Journal (22285210)16(1)pp. 23-50

2024

Mineralogy, geochemistry and gemology of fluorite in carbonate rocks of the Pinavand deposit (Central Iran Zone)

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Ayati, F., Makizadeh, M.A., Heidari, R.

Publication Date: 2024

Petrological Journal (22285210)15(1)pp. 159-184

2023

Petrological and geochemical evidence for partial melting and melt-rock interaction in mantle rocks from the eastern part of the Sabzevar ophiolite, NE Iran

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Rahmani, F., Varas-reus, M.I., Marchesi, C., Noghreyan, M., Makizadeh, M.A., Garrido, C.J.

Publication Date: 2023

International Geology Review (00206814)65(21)pp. 3388-3411

The Sabzevar ophiolite is the most extensive and best-exposed section of oceanic lithosphere in NE Iran. In this study, we examined the mantle section of the eastern part of the Sabzevar ophiolite, where mantle peridotites are the most widespread rock type and are crosscut by pyroxenite veins and mafic dykes. Major and trace element compositions (minerals and whole-rock) of lherzolites are akin to those of abyssal peridotites from mid-ocean ridges (MOR), whereas those of harzburgites evidence formation in a supra-subduction zone (SSZ) setting. Rare-earth element (REE) patterns of whole-rock and clinopyroxene of lherzolites and harzburgites suggest polybaric melting, with initial melting in the garnet peridotite field (~5–6%), followed by ~5–15% melting for lherzolites and ~10–20% for harzburgites in the spinel peridotite field. Harzburgites show LREE enrichment incompatible with partial melting models, indicating significant interaction with SSZ-related melts, whereas analysed lherzolites experienced limited melt-rock interaction. Pyroxene dissolution and olivine precipitation in residual peridotites resulting from reaction with island arc tholeiite and/or boninite melts led to the formation of dunites. These melts eventually intruded as dykes and veins in the mantle and crustal sections of the ophiolite. In addition, boninite melts are inferred to be responsible for forming olivine pyroxenite veins within the harzburgites. We conclude that the mantle section of the Sabzevar ophiolite formed in an intra-oceanic arc setting and experienced a geochemical evolution from a MOR-like to SSZ setting. The intra-oceanic subduction of the Neotethys oceanic lithosphere and shifting conditions of melting during the development of subduction beneath the incipient island arc were responsible for the geochemical heterogeneity of mantle peridotites and the generation of SSZ-related magmas within the Sabzevar oceanic lithosphere. © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

2022

Mineralogy and geochemistry of peridotites and chromites in Nain ophiolitic assemblages, Central Iran

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Ayati, F., Makizadeh, M.A.

Publication Date: 2022

Indian Journal of Geosciences (22293574)76(1)pp. 59-84

2020

Mineralogy and formation conditions of turquoise in ali abad cu porphyry deposit

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Ardekani, S.J., Makizadeh, M.A., Ayati, F.

Publication Date: 2020

Journal of Economic Geology (20087306)12(1)pp. 93-109

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