Soroush Modabberi

University of Tehran | UT · School of Geology

Thermal springs are attractive geological features interesting for tourists because of their balneological and therapeutic applications. In Iran, the thermal springs surrounding Mount Sabalan are famous and unique in this regard. Two clusters of thermal springs consisting of 16 springs and mostly used as spas occur in Neer and Meshkinshahr areas. I...

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Numerous bentonite deposits are located in Southern Khorasan (Eastern Iran), especially in Ferdows and Sarayan counties. We studied the genesis of these bentonites at seven deposits (Chah-Taleb, Chah-Keshmir, Chah-Golestan, Chah-Pirouz, Gholeh-Gelia, Kharman-Sar and Khal-Kooh) using petrological, mineralogical and geochemical data (including X-ray...

Muteh gold deposit is the biggest active gold district in Iran consisting of two mines, Senjedeh and ‎Chah-Khatoun and seven mineral occurrences. Senjedeh has been mined about 20 years ago and ‎was recently closed because of the depletion of the reserves. Chah-Khatoun went into operation few ‎years ago. During the previous decades, more than 22 Mt...

Research in urban geochemistry has been expanding globally in recent years, following the trend of the ever-increasing human population living in cities. Environmental problems caused by non-degradable pollutants such as metals and metalloids are of particular interest considering the potential to affect the health of current and future urban resid...

The late Proterozoic - early Paleozoic tectono-magmatic evolution of Central Iran is considered to be a result of subduction of the Proto-Tethys Ocean and the amalgamation of Gondwana continental fragments. Here, we present whole-rock geochemistry, Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes and zircon U-Pb-Hf data for monzonite to quartz monzonite from deep drill core in t...

Late Precambrian–Early Paleozoic igneous rocks constitute volumetrically minor components of the Iranian Plateau but preserve important information about the magmatic and tectonic history of the northern Gondwana margin. The Chadormalu intrusions are part of Central Iran, which includes Late Precambrian–Early Paleozoic continental crust that is now...

The Choghart and Chadormalu iron deposits in Bafq metallogenic zone in Central Iran are classified as Kiruna-type deposits and surrounded by metasomatic rocks which Russian experts named them metasomatite. These rocks include different types of acidic to mafic igneous rocks and sediment and metamorphic rocks known as metasomatic bedrocks. The enric...

Abstract Apatite in the ‘Kiruna-type’ iron deposits is known as potential resource of rare earth elements (REEs). The present study describes large color-zoned apatite crystals in the Chadormalu magnetite-apatite deposit, Central Iran, to obtain insights into the behavior of REEs and trace elements during apatite mineralization and subsequent hydro...

Anomaly 21A, as a part of Bafq iron-apatite ore metallogenic district, is located in Central Iran, and encompasses wide spectrum of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. The igneous rocks that show narrow geochemical variations and dominantly plot in the monzonite to monzodiorite fields, are plotted in the calc-alkaline and high-K calc-alkali...

The environmental geochemical characterization of mineralized areas prior to mining does not receive adequate attention. This study shows trace element distribution in soils of two unexploited porphyry copper deposits located in Darreh-Zereshk and Ali-Abad in central Iran. The study was carried out using a compositional data analysis (CoDa) approac...

Population growth and increasing urbanization expose people to higher degrees of urban pollutants, especially when they need to spend long time in enclosed environments with inadequate ventilation. This study is the first research on inorganic pollutants in indoor dust particles of Tehran city, which applies geochemical indices to estimate the inte...

کانسارهای آهن- آپاتیت چغارت و چادرملو در کرانه غربی قطعه بافق قرار دارند و پی­سنگ دگرگونی پرکامبرین به سن نئوپروتروزوییک پسین، واحدهای رسوبی- آتشفشانی پرکامبرین پسین و توده­های نفوذی پرکامبرین پسین- کامبرین پیشین میزبان آنها در منطقه بافق هستند. خاستگاه و ارتباط سنگ­هایی که از دیرباز با نام متاسوماتیت شناخته می­شوند، همواره با پرسش همراه بوده است....

1 ‫مرکز‬ ‫و‬ ‫مرکزی‬ ‫ایران‬ ‫ساختاری‬ ‫منطقه‬ ‫خاوری‬ ‫قسمت‬ ‫در‬ ‫بافق‬ ‫آهن‬ ‫متالوژنی‬ ‫کمربند‬ ‫مرکزی‬ ‫ایران‬ ‫در‬ ‫طبس‬ ‫و‬ ‫یزد‬ ‫ساختاری‬ ‫بلوک‬ ‫دو‬ ‫بین‬ ‫کرمان‬ ‫کاشمر-‬ ‫ساختی‬ ‫زمین‬ ‫پهنه‬ .(Ramezani and Tucker, 2003; Haghipour and Pelissier, 1977) ‫است‬ ‫گرفته‬ ‫قرار‬ ‫میلیون‬ 1500 ‫از‬ ‫بیش‬ ‫ای‬ ‫ذخیره‬ ‫با‬ ‫آهن‬ ‫هنجاری‬ ‫بی‬ 34...

Zarnan-Chorehnab iron deposits are located at 5 km northeast of Zanjan city in the Tarom mountains, between Zarnan and Chorehnab villages. Mineralogical studies, as well as field observations show that iron mineralization is mostly magnetite type. However, hematite and goethite minerals are also formed to a lesser extent due to weathering and alter...

Derivation of ecological risk threshold (the threshold concentration value that protect a certain proportion of species within the acceptable hazard level) of lead (Pb) is a yardstick and plays a key role in formulating soil protection policies, while the research about deducing soil Pb ecological risk threshold is still limited. In this study, tox...

Shadan gold (+ copper) deposit in the Lut block, east of Iran comprises Eocene to Oligocene intrusive and sub-intrusive rocks with intermediate to felsic composition, which have intruded Eocene volcanics- pyroclastics. Shadan intrusive rocks range from granodiorite, quartz monzonite, and diorite to microgabbrodiorite. Geochemical data indicate that...

پهنه سربیشه در غرب شهر سربیشه و جنوب شرقی بیرجند، استان خراسان جنوبی، واقع است. این منطقه در زون آمیزه افیولیتی بیرجند قرار دارد و بخش شمالی کمربند فلززایی ایرانشهر- بیرجند را شامل می‌شود. واحدهای سنگ‌شناسی منطقه شامل آمیزه افیولیتی، رسوبات رخساره فلیش، سنگ‌های آذرآواری و رسوبات کواترنری است. مطالعات ژئوشیمیایی رسوب آبراهه‌ای و شناسایی شاخص‌های ژئو...

Shadan gold deposit is located 60 km southwest of Birjand and north of Lut block. the Eocene post-collision magmatism resulting from the subduction of the Sistan Ocean has played a role in the formation of the Shadan gold deposit. Gold mineralization in Shadan deposit is directly related to the emplacement of plutonic and sub volcanic plutons with...

Cenozoic tectono‐magmatism in Iran is widely considered to be related to subduction of the Neo‐Tethys Ocean. We employed whole‐rock and mineral geochemistry and isotopic data of intrusive rocks from Tafresh, central Urumieh‐Dokhtar magmatic arc, to evaluate the role of the mantle in magmatism, to assess the timing of emplacement, and to interpret t...

This study area in located 8 km northeast of ChahAliAkbar village of Tabas city in South of Khorasan province. The mentioned area is located in the structural zone of Tabas block and in the northeastern part of the 1:100,000 map of Halvan. The host unit of mineralization is the sandstones between Khan and Sorkh-Shale formations. Mineralogy of indus...

The Urumieh-Dokhtar Magmatic Arc (UDMA) of Iran hosts a variety of volcano-plutonic rocks of different composition and age formed by subduction of Neo-Tethyan Ocean beneath Eurasian supercontinent and the subsequent processes of post-subduction magmatism. This study focuses on mineral chemistry of biotite and amphibole, zircon UPb geochronology, wh...

The Sarough watershed in NW Iran hosts a large amount of mineral occurrences and ore deposits which may be considered as the source of heavy metals in the region. The area has been studied previously; however, the methodology of this paper was less focused on previous studies. This study aimed to assess water quality, determine the spatial distribu...

In recent years, a variety of remote sensing data have been widely used in mineral exploration, particularly at the reconnaissance stage for mapping alteration zones and investigating the relationship between tectonic structures and target mineralization. Moreover, different image processing methods such as band ratios, dimensionality reduction, an...

Previous studies have shown that certain urban elements and arsenic are significantly concentrated in the surface soils of Hamedan, the largest city in western Iran. This study was carried out to assess the non-cancer and cancer risks ‎from exposure to these potentially harmful elements (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn) for Hamedan residence. In so...

The main aim of the present study was to assess the pollution loading and ecological risk of toxicity levels in the surface sediment of the Persian Gulf. About 56 surface sediment samples were considered to determine the toxicity and the geochemical concentration of the heavy metals including 24 elements. The geochemical analysis revealed that amon...

The Late Cretaceous to Eocene Sistan suture zone in southeastern Iran separates the Lut continental block in the west from the Afghan continental block in the east. A major belt of Oligocene to Miocene igneous rocks occurs between the cities of Zahedan and Nehbandan, stretching for ~200 km from south to north parallel to the border with Pakistan an...

Pure sodalites were successfully synthesized from kaolinite taking the advantages of alkaline fusion technique. The synthesized sodalites were then characterized via XRD, SEM/EDX, and FTIR methods. The efficiency of these sodalites for treatment of Cu 2+ , Zn 2+ , and Ni 2+ ions in aqueous solutions was also scrutinized through batch adsorption exp...

The Bafq iron metallogenic belt in Central Iran hosts several large Kiruna-type iron oxide-‎apatite deposits (including Chadormalu, Choghart, Chahgaz, Esfordi, Lake-Siah, Gazestan, Se-‎Chahoun, Mishdovan, Anomaly 14 and 21A). These deposits have rare earth element (REE) ‎potential, with the REE mainly concentrated in apatite. The Chadormalu iron-ap...

The Cenozoic Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic arc (UDMA) is considered as one of the major Cu-bearing regions in the world with high potential for the occurrence of porphyry Cu ± Mo ± Au systems. This study conducts a comprehensive synthesis of geological, geochronological, and geochemical data of intrusion rocks in some productive, sub-productive deposits...

Bentonite deposits of Iran occur in six zones: Semnan-Torud, Alborz-Azerbaijan, Eastern Iran, Central Iran, Tafresh-Takab and Zagros and they are mostly related to Cenozoic volcanic activity. Momen Abad Mining area is located in northeast of Sarbisheh in South Khorasan province and southeast of Birjand and is a part of the Eastern Iranian Bentonite...

Being considered as a safe source of drinking water, bottled water has gained a universal popularity. Mineral waters are the most common type of bottled waters. They contain essential ions and elements mainly derived from lithological sources. Above certain levels, these elements can be detrimental to human health. Due to the fact that mineral wate...

This study investigates petrology and major, minor, and rare earth elements geochemistry of East Iranian Eocene-Oligocene volcanic rocks in Sistan suture zone, to examine their petrogenesis and magma evolution. The volcanic rocks include andesite, trachy-andesite, dacite and rhyolite. These calc-alkaline rocks of high-K series are enriched in Large...

Momen-abad area, in the southeast of Birjand and the northeast of Sarbisheh, is located in the Sistan-Zemestan zone. Based on the field studies, petrography, geochemical (XRF) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) in two volcanic sequences, the alteration conditions in the area have been investigated. According to mineralogy and chemical studies, bentonites...

View Article Abstract The aim of this article is to study the sodalite synthesis from sepiolite through an alkali fusion method followed by hydrothermal process, and to investigate its application in heavy metal removal. The fused precursors were prepared through mixing sepiolite with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and potassium hydroxide (KOH) activators...

The Koushk Zn-Pb deposit is the largest known and least deformed and non-metamorphosed Early Cambrian shale-hosted massive sulfide (SHMS) deposit at Central Iran. The current remaining reserves are estimated to be greater than 14 Mt ore, averaging 7% Zn and 1.5% Pb; the primary resources ore of the deposit is estimated to be more than 60 Mt. At thi...

The chemical composition of the source magma along with the physiochemical conditions of the depositional environment are the main controlling factors in determining the behavior and mobility of trace elements and rare earth elements (REEs) during the transformation of volcanic ash to bentonite. The purpose of the present study was to determine the...

Four Lower Cretaceous sections in the southern Yazd Block were measured and studied to interpret the palaeoenvironments, synsedimentary tectonics, and sequence stratigraphy. The Early Cretaceous sedimentary record of this block, consisting of the Sangestan, Taft, Abkuh, and Darreh Zanjir formations, was mainly influenced by synsedimentary tectonic...

The distribution of some rare earth elements (La, Ce, Sc, and Y) in the sediment samples, collected form 56 stations in the offshore of the Persian Gulf during the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman Oceanographic Cruise (PGGOOS) in 2012, was studied. The elements were determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). The result reveal...

Cyanide is well known as one of the most hazardous compounds with acute and/or chronic characteristics of toxicity for almost all organisms, yet cyanide is commonly used in various industries such as gold processing. A large quantities of cyanide is used to recover gold from ores through the cyanidation process. However, the tailings generated in t...

Mineral deposits result from a variety of complex geochemical interactions, which control the natural background of mineralized areas prior to mining. Concentration and distribution of elements in the soils developed on these deposits depends on the governing ore-forming as well as pedogenic processes. This study investigates the sources of trace e...

Modern-day devices, transport, computer, and telecommunication technologies require increasing supply of rare earth elements (REEs). As a consequence, adequate and robust detection methods become essential for exploration and discovery of new deposits of REEs, the improved characterization of existing deposits, and the future recycling of today's h...

The study area is located northwest of Sabalan Volcano. Sabalan region is located between two structural areas of Alborz-Azerbaijan and Orumiyeh-Dokhtar. Samples from eight hot springs available in the area were sampled. These rocks are in continental and orogenic range with high aluminum oxide and potassium oxide according to Harker diagrams for t...

The study area is located northwest of Sabalan Volcano. Sabalan region is located between two structural areas of Alborz-Azerbaijan and Orumiyeh-Dokhtar. Samples from eight hot springs available in the area were sampled. These rocks are in continental and orogenic range with high aluminum oxide and potassium oxide.According to Harker diagrams for t...

An experimental study was performed on sepiolite to investigate its efficiency for Fe, Cr and Cd removal from wastewater effluents. Sepiolite applied for this study was provided from Eeliato Sepiolite Mine at Fariman County, Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran. To fulfil our objective, batch experiments were carried out at room temperature using artific...

The Esfandaghe manganese deposit is located in the east of Esfandaghe village, Kerman province in Iran. Late Jurassic basalt, lithic tuff, radiolarian chert, shale, flysch turbidite, sandstone, mudstone and dark shale as well as mid-early Jurassic volcanic rocks of rhyolitic crystal tuff and tuffaceous sandstone are the typical stratigraphic units...

This study considered the possibility of using visible and near infrared (VNIR) spectral absorption feature parameters (SAFPs) in predicting the concentration and mapping the distribution of heavy metals in sediments of the Takab area. In total, 60 sediment samples were collected along main streams draining from the mining districts and tailing sit...

About the TRIGGER Conference: TRIGGER, "Trans-disciplinary Research on Iranian Geology, Geodynamics, Earthquakes and Resources", is an international scientific coordination network meant to pursue and develop the collaboration between Iran and France in the fields of Geology/Geodynamics, Earthquakes (and hazard assessment) and Mineral resources. Th...

Thermal springs are the latest emanations and expressions of volcanic activities in magmatic systems which are considered as picturesque and interesting features for tourists especially because of their therapeutic applications. In Iran, the thermal springs surrounding Mount Sabalan are famous and unique in this regard. Thermal springs have cluster...

The pre-mining state of trace element concentration in plants on and surrounding the newly-discovered Cu-Au porphyry deposit of Dalli has been investigated to estimate the natural concentration versus prospected trace element pollution during the mining operation and potential of plant species for further phytoremediation practices. The concentrati...

Mineral deposits are unusual accumulation of useful metals commonly associated with potentially toxic elements (PTEs). PTEs may be enhanced and dispersed surrounding metallic mineral deposits due to the ore-forming and subsequent hydrothermal/surficial processes. PTEs are deleterious for the environment when they accumulate in soils or migrate into...

This study focused on the influence of ultramafic terrains on soil and surface water environmental chemistry in Peninsular and Sabah Malaysia. The sampling included 27 soils from four isolated outcrops of Cheroh, Bentong, Bukit Rokan and Petasih from Peninsular Malaysia, and from Sabah. Water samples were also collected from rivers and subsurface w...

Spid pluton with Neogene age outcrop in the Urumieh-Dokhtar Magmatic belt. Amphibole in this intrusion is calcic and magmatic and its composition corresponds to magnesiohornblende to actinolite which reflects the type I granitoid. Geobarometry calculations show that the amphibole crystalized at pressure of 2.5 to 3.7 kbr corresponding to a depth of...

Serpentinites are hydrothermally altered ultramafic rocks that are exposed in areas where sections of the upper mantle have been obducted in orogenic regions. Serpentinites have been of interest throughout the world because of their specific geochemical and mineralogical features. This work is aimed at developing basic data information to improve t...

This study investigated the hydrogeochemistry and environmental water quality of rivers in Sarough watershed using the major ion chemistry and explored multivariate statistical methods for identification of processes which release the solutes in natural waters. Totally, 38 samples were collected along the main streams of the watershed. The mean con...

Momen-abad is located in the southeast of Birjand and northeast Sarbisheh, in the Sistan suture zone. The volcanic units of the area included the andesite- trachy andesite, dacite-rhyodacite and rhyolite. Andesite and dacite with number magnesium content (Mg#) between 48.52 and 60.57 percent, are high magnesium rocks and Rhyolites with SiO2 content...

Within the central Urumieh-Dokhtar Magmatic Belt of northern Iran, the Kasva skarn deposit (KSD) formed by metasomatic alteration of Eocene intercalated carbonate and volcaniclastic sediments in response to Oligo-Miocene intrusion by granitoid porphyries. The KSD contains abundant oscillatory-zoned garnet crystals, which are characterized by isotro...

The ancient site of Haft Tappeh, in south-east Iran and 20 km from the ancient city of Susa, has been occupied since the 3th millennium BC. Archaeological research and metallurgical artifacts from Haft Tappeh demonstrate that it was a very active pyro-metallurgical workshop during the middle Elamite period (2th millennium BC). The artifacts to be d...

Momen-abad area is located in the south of Birjand and northeast of Sarbishe. By considering four stratigraphy section in Momen- abad bentonite mine, the area has been studied in terms of diagenetic and hydrothermal alteration. In each of the four sections, diagenetic alteration has been observed on volcanic pyroclasts from acidic to intermediate r...

The importance of the Persian Gulf and its role in economy and dynamic of the region and the development of industrial activities, refineries and residential activities in its surrounding area highlights environmental monitoring of this zone as a fundamental concern for researcher and policy makers. For this purpose, in 2012-2013, surface sediment...

Spid iron deposit is located 60 kilometers West of Qom and situated within the Urmia–Dokhtar Magmatic Belt. Based on field observations and petrographic studies, two zones of argillic and propylitic alteration is visible in this deposit. To examine the behavior of elements and calculate mass changes during alteration processes, isocon method (Grant...

Bentonite mine the Sanajan, Momen Abad, Tyghab, Deheshk, Khoshhal, Mortezanejad, Shirazi, Gholehgolkon and Ebrahimi on the Ferdows–Sarbishe Bentonite zone for wter absorption studies were selected in this study. Water absorption studies and the main elements analysis show that three mining area Deheshk, Momen Abad and Gholehgolkon respectively with...

A widespread series of volcanic rocks and younger intrusive bodies are exposed in the north and northeastern Semnan, north-central Iran. They show an intermediate to felsic composition which have undergone various types of alteration including alunite and jarosite. In this research, ASTER data were used for sub-pixel mapping of these typical minera...

کانسار سرب و روی کوه‌کلنگه، در کمربند فلززایی سرب و روی ملایر-شهرضا قرار گرفته‌ است. ماده معدنی شامل گالن و اسفالریت می باشد که به صورت رگه‌ای در سنگ میزبان آهکی کرتاسه پایین تشکیل شده است. رگه‌های حاوی ماده معدنی توسط کوارتز و کلسیت گرمابی پر شده‌اند. ترکیب ایزوتوپی گوگرد در 8 نمونه گالن و اسفالریت، به ترتیب بین 4+ تا 5.2+ برای گالن و 6.3+ تا 8+ ب...

In this research, the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) is employed to determine the emplacement mechanism of Spid pluton and to examine the relationship between alteration and magnetic fabric. Spid pluton, situated within the Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic arc, consists of diorite to monzodiorite and shows sub-granular and porphyroidic texture...