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Metamorphism and Geotectonic Position of the Shotur Kuh Complex, Central Iranian Block
Ilkhchi, Rahmati Mahmoud ; Faryad, Shah Wali (advisor) ; Janák, Marian (referee) ; Reza Ghassemi, Mohammed (referee)
The thesis focuses on tectonics and petrology of the Shotur Kuh complex and it is subdivide into four chapters. The first chapter involves a brief summary of information on regional geology, metamorphism and geochronology from different basement units in Iran. Chapters 2 and 3 include results of my research work that are in print or submitted for publication to international journals, respectively. In general, these two chapters provide an interdisciplinary approach to the metamorphism and tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Shotur Kuh complex and emphasizing the related links between geochronology, metamorphic petrology, micro-structural and macro-structural analyses, and tectonics. The last chapter (4) is a summary of achieved results with their possible interpretation and some future directions of research in the basement units of Iran. Consolidation of the Iranian basement units by metamorphism with partial granitization and partly intense folding occurred during Late Precambrian. This process continued during several major orogenic phases that were accompanied by syntectonic metamorphism and magmatic events. The most important orogenic events were during Paleozoic, Middle Triassic, Middle Jurassic, Late Jurassic and late Cretaceous periods. Some authors assume only epeirogenic movements during...
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