{"title":"The P–T–X conditions of staurolite-garnet metabasites, NW Iran: Implications for metamorphism during Arabia-Eurasia collision","authors":"Monir Modjarrad , Donna L. Whitney , Hadi Omrani","doi":"10.1016/j.jaesx.2024.100175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaesx.2024.100175","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The staurolite-bearing Avajiq metabasites (AMB) crop out near the NW border of Iran with Turkey and contain the peak assemblage garnet + Ca-amphibole + staurolite + biotite + chlorite1 + ilmenite. The AMB record peak pressure–temperature (P-T) conditions of >1 GPa at ∼650 °C; the moderately high pressure is consistent with the presence of staurolite in metabasalt. Garnets exhibit a weak prograde zoning, with relatively homogenous cores and a slight increase in Mg and decrease in Ca, Fe, and Mn toward the rim, consistent with garnet growth during a clockwise P-T path. Texturally late margarite + biotite + muscovite correspond to retrograde P-T conditions of ∼0.5 GPa at ∼500 °C. This stage was followed by further retrogression under greenschist facies conditions recorded by late pumpellyite + paragonite ± calcite. Based on the MORB-like composition of the AMB, it has been unclear whether the metabasites are associated with Neo-Tethyan ophiolites in the area or formed within a continental setting. However, the petrologic association of metabasites with micaschist, gneiss and marble and upper amphibolite facies conditions of metamorphism indicate that the basaltic rocks likely metamorphosed during Arabia-Eurasia continental collision, following consumption of the intervening Neo-Tethys Ocean and emplacement of the ophiolitic rocks in the region.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 100175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590056024000033/pdfft?md5=c645f20f152ecd70d6414eda17ec3b0d&pid=1-s2.0-S2590056024000033-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140069675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samer A. Barakat , Mohamed G. Arab , Raghad A. Awad , Dima A. Husein Malkawi , Abdulrahman Metawa , Maher Omar
{"title":"Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for the United Arab Emirates using integrated seismic source model","authors":"Samer A. Barakat , Mohamed G. Arab , Raghad A. Awad , Dima A. Husein Malkawi , Abdulrahman Metawa , Maher Omar","doi":"10.1016/j.jaesx.2024.100173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaesx.2024.100173","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study emphasizes the role of active faults as seismogenic sources in probabilistic seismic hazard assessments (PSHA) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). An extensive PSHA analysis has been carried out in this study, which incorporates faults alongside area seismic sources within a logic tree-oriented framework. Seismicity is evaluated in terms of spectral acceleration (SA) and Peak ground acceleration (PGA) for return periods of 2,475, 975, and 475 years at 5 % damping. The results are compared with seismic hazard projections derived from previous PSHA studies that utilized only area sources. A key observation is the pronounced impact of the Dibba and Oman range frontal faults on the UAE's northeastern region due to the proximity of the faults. This contributes to higher seismic hazard in this region, with some return periods showing greater hazard levels than those documented in earlier studies. In order to aid seismic hazard design in the UAE, contour maps depicting the SAs at 0.2 and 1.0 s, along with PGA, are developed. The analysis reveals that the highest seismic hazard is predicted along the northeastern borders of the UAE, particularly the coastal area of Ras-Al Khaimah, with a PGA of 0.22 g for a return period of 2,475 years.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 100173"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259005602400001X/pdfft?md5=df1ce81cc468fc1ebc0adc510d683828&pid=1-s2.0-S259005602400001X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139652930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrigendum to “Geochemistry of ferromanganese nodules in the soil of Okinawa Island, Japan: Paleoclimatic implications and discrimination scheme of the nodule origins” [J. Asian Earth Sci.: X 8 (2022) 100127]","authors":"Keishiro Azami , Kazutaka Yasukawa , Yasuhiro Kato","doi":"10.1016/j.jaesx.2023.100141","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaesx.2023.100141","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590056023000063/pdfft?md5=8d4b52817e3db02e363bd894ed1b86d1&pid=1-s2.0-S2590056023000063-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47118938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Noise analysis of the observatory superconducting gravimeter in the normal mode frequency range using gravity data of Ghuttu, Garhwal Himalaya, India","authors":"Sanjay K. Verma , Naresh Kumar , Sanjit K. Pal","doi":"10.1016/j.jaesx.2023.100165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaesx.2023.100165","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We present a study on gravity data from the Observatory Superconducting Gravimeter (OSG-051) located at MPGO Ghuttu in the Garhwal Himalaya, India. Ambient noise observed at this site is compared with other worldwide SGs and computed seismic noise magnitude for the OSG-051. Instrumental noise has been observed at frequencies ranging from ∼0.0239 to ∼0.03207 Hz in the form of parasitic mode for the lower and upper sensors of SG, whose quality factor has been estimated in different modes of oscillations. The signal is enhanced at noise reduction below 2.0 mHz using local barometric pressure data and modelled tidal effect of the site. Other seismic noise factors are discussed through data analysis of OSG-051. OSG-051 and trillium 240 Broad Band Seismometer data are analysed and compared in the seismic normal mode frequency band. Several observations have been made regarding noise sources that affect the gravity data in the seismic normal mode’s frequency band. Residual gravity data after removal of atmospheric pressure, tidal, and co-seismic effects, respond very well to long-period seismometers than any conventional seismometer. This characteristic and low noise level of the MPGO Ghuttu site makes it a suitable station for long-period seismometer studies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590056023000300/pdfft?md5=1c2e0add6ec48bba663946281936c35b&pid=1-s2.0-S2590056023000300-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92047071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mehmet Arslan, İrfan Temizel, Esra Hatipoğlu Temizel
{"title":"Temporal and spatial radiogenic heat production rate of granitic plutons from the Eastern Pontides Orogenic Belt, NE Turkey: Constraints for the geothermal resources","authors":"Mehmet Arslan, İrfan Temizel, Esra Hatipoğlu Temizel","doi":"10.1016/j.jaesx.2023.100162","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaesx.2023.100162","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The evaluation of the geothermal potential of the granitic rocks is important in long-term sustainable renewable energy projects due to increasing energy demand. The Eastern Pontides Orogenic Belt in NE Turkey contains a variety of granitic plutons changing in age, size, and composition. In this paper, we discussed the temporal and spatial distribution of radiogenic heat production by using the contents of heat-producing elements (U, Th, K) of the granitic plutons. The average U, Th, and K concentrations for the granitic plutons are 2.97 ± 0.95 ppm, 13.48 ± 3.48 ppm and 2.69 ± 0.47 wt% for Paleozoic plutons, 1.83 ± 0.98 ppm, 8.58 ± 5.10 ppm and 1.77 ± 0.80 wt% for Jurassic plutons, 5.24 ± 1.64 ppm, 26.02 ± 6.43 ppm and 3.17 ± 0.49 wt% for Cretaceous plutons, and 3.82 ± 0.90 ppm, 15.79 ± 4.27 ppm and 2.88 ± 0.40 wt% for Eocene plutons, respectively. Radiogenic heat production rates are 1.43–2.73 µW/m<sup>3</sup> for Paleozoic plutons, 0.74–1.70 µW/m<sup>3</sup> for Jurassic plutons, 0.66–6.28 µW/m<sup>3</sup> for Cretaceous plutons and 1.15–5.22 µW/m<sup>3</sup> for Eocene plutons. The studied plutons were classified as low- to moderate heat-producing granitoids. However, some Cretaceous and Eocene granitic plutons with radiogenic heat production values of 5.22–6.28 µW/m<sup>3</sup> are considered as high heat-producing granitoids. The thermal indications in the region can be related to radiogenic heat generation and the neotectonic activity of the region. Considering the large volume of the Cretaceous- and Eocene- aged granitic plutons in the Eastern Pontides Orogenic Belt, the moderate to high radiogenic heat production of the granitic plutons in some areas has a significant geothermal impact and can be considered as the potential of enhanced geothermal systems for the future energy demand of the region.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100162"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41576742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alastair H.F. Robertson , Osman Parlak , Kemal Taslı , Paulian Dumitrica , Timur Ustaömer
{"title":"Neotethyan Ankara Melange, central Turkey: Formation by accretion of seamounts and supra-subduction zone ophiolites in an oceanic fore-arc setting","authors":"Alastair H.F. Robertson , Osman Parlak , Kemal Taslı , Paulian Dumitrica , Timur Ustaömer","doi":"10.1016/j.jaesx.2023.100151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaesx.2023.100151","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X","volume":"10 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50196426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geomorphic interpretation on the formation of strike-slip basins along the Northern Sumatran fault","authors":"Aldo Febriansyah Putra , Piyaphong Chenrai","doi":"10.1016/j.jaesx.2023.100167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaesx.2023.100167","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study describes geomorphic expressions and constructs the schematic evolution of the Northern Sumatran Fault based on the development of transverse drainage basins and streams. This fault is a 400-km NW-SE right-lateral strike-slip fault with three segments, namely the Aceh and Seulimeum Faults in the northern section and the Tripa Fault in the southern section. The two faults at the northern section are sub-parallel and they link at the southeast termination of the latter fault. The examination on the geomorphic expressions comprised the fault configuration, stream deflections, and the delineation of landforms based on their genesis and geometry. This study applied drainage basin relief ratio (Rh), drainage basin volume-to-area ratio (R<sub>va</sub>), and transverse stream profile analysis (normalized stream profile, qualitative interpretation of the profile shapes, stream concavity index (SCI), stream gradient, and knickpoint distribution) for investigating the development of transverse drainage basins and streams. For constructing the schematic evolution, this study evaluates drainage maturity level from the applied methods to interpret relative timing of basin formation. This study suggests that the Aceh and Tripa Faults constituted the initial configuration and they propagated to the southeast and northwest, respectively, before merging. The Seulimeum Fault, which formed subsequently, propagated to the northwest after merging with the Aceh Fault at its southeast termination. This study also infers that fault section with lower drainage maturity coincides with greater numbers of earthquakes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590056023000324/pdfft?md5=d0951f70d27735f93f6780cbf8f7dfe3&pid=1-s2.0-S2590056023000324-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134656449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C Sujitapan , J.M. Kendall , J.E. Chambers , S Yordkayhun
{"title":"Landslide ground model development through integrated geoelectrical and seismic imaging in Thungsong district, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand","authors":"C Sujitapan , J.M. Kendall , J.E. Chambers , S Yordkayhun","doi":"10.1016/j.jaesx.2023.100168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaesx.2023.100168","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A ground model of a shallow landslide in rainfall-induced slope failure of Thungsong, Nakhon Si Thammarat, southern Thailand is developed through an integrated geophysical approach, utilising electrical resistivity tomography and P-wave seismic refraction tomography (SRT) methods. Those two methods were applied to assess landslide structure and study deformation mechanisms along four profiles. Beside the four profiles there is another profile, which was acquired near an borehole and used for the calibration with geological data. Our results show subsurface structures in terms of the ground model used to determine stratigraphic layers, zones of saturation or groundwater table, and significant differences between the landslide slip material and the underlying bedrock. The clay-rich zones (resistivity less than 500 Ωm) in the colluvium on the relatively steep slope, show enhanced potential for landslides. This silty clay plays an important role for landslide activation in this site. Moreover, a combination of steep slopes, shallow basement rocks overlain by clay-rich colluvium, and seasonally high rain fall leads to landslides in the region. The ground model produced by geophysical imaging for this region achieves a comprehensive understanding of the structure and lithology of a complex landslide system and overcomes the limitations of remote-sensing data or isolated intrusive sampling techniques alone.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590056023000336/pdfft?md5=f19106b79f4bdec599121bc85eee49a5&pid=1-s2.0-S2590056023000336-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138474869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Somaye Heidari , Amir Ali Tabbakh Shabani , Shohreh Hassanpour , Reza Maghdour-Mashhour
{"title":"Corrigendum to “Petrology of the Paleogene shoshonitic volcanism in north Sarab area, NW Iran: Geochemical, Ar-Ar dating and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic constraints” [J. Asian Earth Sci.: X 8 (2022) 100109]","authors":"Somaye Heidari , Amir Ali Tabbakh Shabani , Shohreh Hassanpour , Reza Maghdour-Mashhour","doi":"10.1016/j.jaesx.2023.100145","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaesx.2023.100145","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100145"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590056023000105/pdfft?md5=aae7248a95025c93341e158d41c5aec2&pid=1-s2.0-S2590056023000105-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43921466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Angom Sangeeta , Oinam Kingson , Bhupendra S. Yadav , N. Pandey , Ngangom Romario Meitei
{"title":"Geochemistry of the siliciclastic sediments in the Barak basin, Indo-Burma Range, India: Insights into provenance, paleoclimate, and depositional history","authors":"Angom Sangeeta , Oinam Kingson , Bhupendra S. Yadav , N. Pandey , Ngangom Romario Meitei","doi":"10.1016/j.jaesx.2023.100161","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaesx.2023.100161","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sedimentation of the Paleogene and Neogene belts in the Indo-Burma Range (IBR) involved a complex tectonic system letting provenance of both the belts poorly constrained. We made an attempt to investigate provenance, tectonic setting, paleoclimate, and depositional environment of the Renji Formation (Paleogene belt) and the Bhuban Formation (Neogene belt) in the Barak basin of western Manipur employing whole-rock geochemistry and petrography. A semi-arid climatic condition has been indicated for the weathering and liberation of sediments in the source terrain. Derivation of first cycle sediments from mafic and felsic rocks with minor contribution from the metamorphic rocks is suggested but the former seems to have dominated the Renji Formation. A shift in the provenance vis-a-vis differential chemical weathering of the mafic-felsic rocks at the source is attributed. Research results also suggest supply from deformed and elevated craton, presumably the Indian craton, during the Himalayan orogeny. Sedimentation of the Renji Formation took place in a sub-oxic deltaic environment in contrast to the Bhuban Formation which developed in an oxic shallow marine mixed tidal flat environment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37149,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48414659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}