[HTML][HTML] Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic

DJJ Van Hinsbergen, TH Torsvik, SM Schmid… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
The basins and orogens of the Mediterranean region ultimately result from the opening of
oceans during the early break-up of Pangea since the Triassic, and their subsequent …

Tectonic evolution and geodynamics of the Neo-Tethys Ocean

R Zhu, P Zhao, L Zhao - Science China Earth Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Neo-Tethys Ocean was an eastward-gaping triangular oceanic embayment
between Laurasia to the north and Gondwana to the south. The Neo-Tethys Ocean was …

Cenozoic porphyry and other hydrothermal ore deposits along the South Caucasus-West Iranian tectono-magmatic belt: a critical reappraisal of the controlling factors

A Rabiee, F Rossetti, F Lucci, M Lustrino - Lithos, 2022 - Elsevier
In this contribution, we investigate the space and time distribution of the Cenozoic
magmatism and the associated porphyry Cu-Mo±Au and other hydrothermal (mostly …

Cenozoic exhumation and foreland basin evolution of the Zagros orogen during the Arabia‐Eurasia collision, western Iran

DE Barber, DF Stockli, BK Horton, RI Koshnaw - Tectonics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cenozoic exhumation patterns in the internal and external Zagros reveal a long‐term
deformation record associated with geodynamic restructuring of Arabia‐Eurasia collisional …

Diachronous initiation of Arabia–Eurasia collision from eastern Anatolia to the southeastern Zagros Mountains since middle Eocene time

MH Darin, PJ Umhoefer - International Geology Review, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The persistent debate over the timing of initial Arabia–Eurasia collision has eluded
consensus for decades, with most estimates ranging widely from~ 50 to 10 Ma along both …

Permanent closure of the Tethyan Seaway in the northwestern Iranian Plateau driven by cyclic sea-level fluctuations in the late Middle Miocene

J Sun, M Sheykh, N Ahmadi, M Cao, Z Zhang… - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
The opening and closure of marine gateways have been suggested to substantially affect
ocean current circulations and global climatic changes. In the Miocene, the closure of the …

Long-lived, Eocene-Miocene stationary magmatism in NW Iran along a transform plate boundary

A Rabiee, F Rossetti, Y Asahara, H Azizi, F Lucci… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Eocene-Miocene Mianeh-Hashtroud igneous district in NW Iran is part of the
Turkish–Caucasus–Iranian collision zone, a key region to decipher the assembly and …

The end of the Great Khersonian Drying of Eurasia: Magnetostratigraphic dating of the Maeotian transgression in the Eastern Paratethys

DV Palcu, I Vasiliev, M Stoica, W Krijgsman - Basin Research, 2019 - earthdoc.org
Central Eurasia underwent significant palaeoclimatic and palaeogeographic transformations
during the middle to late Miocene. The open marine ecosystems of the Langhian and …

The uplift of an early stage collisional plateau unraveled by fluvial network analysis and river longitudinal profile inversion: the case of the eastern Anatolian plateau

P Molin, A Sembroni, P Ballato, C Faccenna - Tectonics, 2023 - gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de
Orogenic plateaus of continental collision zones exhibit landforms and fluvial networks that
retain first-order information on their topographic evolution and vertical growth. The …

[HTML][HTML] Arabia-Eurasia convergence and collision control on Cenozoic juvenile K-rich magmatism in the South Armenian block, Lesser Caucasus

M Grosjean, R Moritz, H Rezeau, S Hovakimyan… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The South Armenian Block (SAB) belongs to the Lesser Caucasus, and it is located
where the Central Tethyan belt bends from an EW orientation in Turkey to the NW-oriented …