Partial melting of pelites and semi-pelites in the Sarabi area thermal aureole, Tuyserkan, Hamedan

Intrusion of the Alvand plutonic complex into the pelitic and sim-pelitic rocks of the Tuyserkan area has caused the development of a thermal aureole in the Sarabi area. The rocks within the aureole are thermally metamorphosed and formed different types of hornfelses. High-grade metamorphic rocks with chemically suitable compositions were melted adjacent to the contact due to the heat from the pluton. Heat derived migmatization in high-grade metamorphic and adjacent to the contact is observable. Scale of partial melting and volume of produced melt are very small. Main minerals in the light colored parts of the migmatites (leucosomes) include quartz and K-feldspar with an igneous texture specially euhedral to subhedral texture of K-feldspar, in which interstitial – textured – quartz filled their interspaces, Textural differences between light leucosomes and dark melanosomes, mineralogical composition of the leucosomes, existence of igneous textures within the leucosomes and restriction of the leucosome formation to the pelitic rocks all are distinct evidence for occurrence of partial melting in the Sarabi area aureole. The liable reactions for melting include fluid-present reactions and fluid-absent reactions. High-grade metamorphic assemblages contain corderite, sillimanite and garnet. Mineralogical compositions of leucosomes resemble leucogranites resulting from partial melting. This indicates crystallization of the leucosomes from a silicate melt.