Tahseenullah Khan

Dr. Tahseenullah Khan


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Academic Career Length

16Years (2011-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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22 July 2025 in Minerals
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JHJun Hong
Jun Hong
YKYasir Shaheen Khalil
Yasir Shaheen Khalil
ANAsad Ali Narejo
Asad Ali Narejo
Xiaoyong YangXiaoyong Yang
Xiaoyong Yang
TKTahseenullah Khan
Tahseenullah Khan
WLWenyuan Li
Wenyuan Li
The Chagai porphyry copper belt is a major component of the Tethyan metallogenic domain, which spans approximately 300 km and hosts several giant porphyry copper deposits. The tectonic setting, whether subduction-related or post-collisional, and the deep dynamic processes governing the formation of these giant deposits remain poorly understood. Mafic microgranular enclaves (MMEs), mafic dikes, and multiple porphyries have been documented in the Saindak mining area. This work examines both the ore-rich and non-ore intrusions in the Saindak porphyry Cu-Au deposit, using methods like molybdenite Re-Os dating, U-Pb zircon ages, Hf isotopes, and bulk-rock geochemical data. Geochronological results indicate that ore-fertile and barren porphyries yield ages of 22.15 ± 0.22 Ma and 22.21 ± 0.33 Ma, respectively. Both MMEs and mafic dikes have zircons with nearly identical 206Pb/238U weighted mean ages (21.21 ± 0.18 Ma and 21.21 ± 0.16 Ma, respectively), corresponding to the age of the host rock. Geochemical and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic evidence indicates that the Saindak adakites were generated by the subduction of the Arabian oceanic lithosphere under the Eurasian plate, rather than through continental collision. The adakites were mainly formed by the partial melting of a metasomatized mantle wedge, induced by fluids from the dehydrating subducting slab, with minor input from subducted sediments and later crust–mantle interactions during magma ascent. We conclude that shallow subduction of the Arabian plate during the Oligocene–Miocene may have increased the flow of subducted fluids into the sub-arc mantle source of the Chagai arc. This process may have facilitated the widespread deposition of porphyry copper and copper–gold mineralization in the region.

20 January 2011
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TKTahseenullah Khan
Tahseenullah Khan
MMMamuro Murata
Mamuro Murata
MZMohammad Zafar
Mohammad Zafar
HAFIZ U. REHMANHAFIZ U. REHMAN
HAFIZ U. REHMAN