Shahrood University of Technology Journal of Mining and Environment 2251-8592 16 2 2025 04 01 Plio-Quaternary Adakite Genesis and Post-collisional Processes: Whole Rock Constraints and Sr, Nd Isotopic Compositions in Alborz Magmatic Belt, Ardabil, Iran 737 765 3286 10.22044/jme.2024.14781.2801 EN Akram Abdolahadi Department of Geology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Seyed Jamal Sheikhzakariaee Department of Geology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Abdollah Yazdi Department of Geology, Kahnooj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kahnooj, Iran Seyed Zahed Mousavi Department of Geology, Meshkinshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Meshkinshahr, Iran Journal Article 2024 07 13 The Plio-quaternary sub-volcanic domes are the products of magmatism in the Turkish-Iranian plateau in the collision zone between Eurasia and Arabia. Intermediate-felsic volcanic rocks are found 50 km west of Ardabil. These volcanic domes make a significant part of the Sabalan volcanic, a Plio-quaternary stratovolcano in northwest Iran. The igneous rocks (adakitic) include dacite, trachyte, andesite, trachy-andesite, and trachydacite, associated with ignimbrite and pyroclastic equivalents. They mainly comprise phenocrysts and a microcrystalline groundmass of pyroxene, amphibole, and plagioclase, with biotite and titanomagnetite. These rocks are enriched in Light Rare Earth Elements (LRREs) and Large Ion Lithophile Elements (LILEs) and depleted from Heavy Rare Earth Elements (HRREs) and High-Field Strength Elements (HFSEs). In these rocks, the SiO₂ content is 56-66 wt%, Na₂O is > 3.5 wt%, Al₂O₃  > 15 wt%, Yb < 0.2 ppm, and Y < 7 ppm, which are typical of high silica adakitic rocks. The initial ratios of the ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd range from 0.5127 to 0.5129and the initial ratios of⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr for the adakites range from 0.7035 to 0.7060, reflecting the heterogeneity of the mantle and different degrees of crystallization. These geological, geochemical, and Sr, and Nd isotopic data indicate that these rocks belong to the post-collisional adakite type, and are derived from low-degree partial melting of a subduction-metasomatized continental lithospheric mantle (eclogite or amphibolite garnet). In the studied area, mineralization related to Plio-quaternary adakitic rocks has not been observed. https://jme.shahroodut.ac.ir/article_3286_26d77c9e046fa427da233201d33ef796.pdf