Temporal changes in subduction-to collision-related magmatism in the Neotethyan orogen: The Southeast Iran example

HS Moghadam, QL Li, WL Griffin, RJ Stern… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Continental-arc igneous rock compositions change in response to the transition from
subduction to collision and these changes can reveal how the crust, lithosphere and magma …

Tectonic exhumation across the Talesh-Alborz Belt, Iran, and its implication to the Arabia-Eurasia convergence

Y Chu, MB Allen, B Wan, L Chen, W Lin… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Accommodation of plate convergence during the Arabia-Eurasia collision is expressed in
the exhumation record of the broad collision zone. In order to better constrain the spatial and …

Relict basin closure and crustal shortening budgets during continental collision: An example from Caucasus sediment provenance

E Cowgill, AM Forte, N Niemi, B Avdeev, A Tye… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Comparison of plate convergence with the timing and magnitude of upper crustal
shortening in collisional orogens indicates both shortening deficits (200–1700 km) and …

The dire straits of Paratethys: Gateways to the anoxic giant of Eurasia

DV Palcu, W Krijgsman - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A complex interplay of palaeoclimatic, eustatic and tectonic processes led to fragmentation
and dissipation of the vast Tethys Ocean in Eocene–Oligocene times. The resulting …

Intracontinental subduction beneath the Pamir Mountains: Constraints from thermokinematic modeling of shortening in the Tajik fold-and-thrust belt

JB Chapman, B Carrapa, P Ballato… - …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A regional, balanced cross section is presented for the thin-skinned Tajik fold-and-thrust
belt, constrained by new structural and stratigraphic data, industrial well-log data, flexural …

Accelerated middle Miocene exhumation of the Talesh Mountains constrained by U‐Th/He thermochronometry: Evidence for the Arabia‐Eurasia collision in the NW …

S Madanipour, TA Ehlers, A Yassaghi… - Tectonics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Talesh Mountains at the NW margin of the Iranian Plateau curve around the
southwestern corner of the South Caspian Block and developed in response to the collision …

Modeling the flexural evolution of the Amiran and Mesopotamian foreland basins of NW Zagros (Iran‐Iraq)

E Saura, D Garcia‐Castellanos, E Casciello… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of the Amiran and Mesopotamian flexural basins of the Zagros belt is
approached by coupled 2‐D forward modeling of orogenic wedge formation, lithospheric …

Structure and kinematics of active faulting in the northern domain of western and central Alborz, Iran and interpretation in terms of tectonic evolution of the region

A Rashidi, M Nemati, S Shafieibafti… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
Field evidence, seismicity, and geodetic data are combined to define the tectonic evolution
along the northern domain of the Western and Central Alborz ranges, which have …

Detrital zircon age constraints on the evolution of Paleo‐Tethys in NE Iran: Implications for subduction and collision tectonics

Y Chu, B Wan, MB Allen, L Chen, W Lin, M Talebian… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The timings of the onset of oceanic spreading, subduction and collision are crucial in plate
reconstructions, but not always straightforward to resolve. The Paleo‐Tethys evolution …

Tectono‐sedimentary evolution of the northern Iranian Plateau: insights from middle–late Miocene foreland‐basin deposits

P Ballato, F Cifelli, G Heidarzadeh, MR Ghassemi… - Basin …, 2017 - earthdoc.org
Sedimentary basins in the interior of orogenic plateaus can provide unique insights into the
early history of plateau evolution and related geodynamic processes. The northern sectors …