Geochemistry and U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Salang Massif granitic rocks from Western Hindu Kush, Afghanistan

Abstract

Salang Massif that is located in the Western Hindu Kush, Afghanistan consists of granitoids and  that igneous activity occurred by subduction of  the Tethys ocean beneath the  north Afghanistan platform. We report here geochemical and  Zrn U-Pb age data that we analyzed by XRF and LA-ICP-MS to elucidate igneous activity in detail and the tectonic setting of the area. We concluded that Salang Massif granitic rocks emplaced at  213 to 224 Ma and  made from three different parental magma and K rich parent rocks.