Caucasus collisional history: Review of data from East Anatolia to West Iran
Y Rolland - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
This article summarizes the geodynamic evolution of the Caucasus mountain belt from the
Paleozoic to Present based on a review of works from Eastern Anatolia, Greater and Lesser …
Paleozoic to Present based on a review of works from Eastern Anatolia, Greater and Lesser …
A mantle convection perspective on global tectonics
The concept of interplay between mantle convection and tectonics goes back to about a
century ago, with the proposal that convection currents in the Earth's mantle drive …
century ago, with the proposal that convection currents in the Earth's mantle drive …
Neogene South Asian monsoon rainfall and wind histories diverged due to topographic effects
The drivers of the evolution of the South Asian Monsoon remain widely debated. An
intensification of monsoonal rainfall recorded in terrestrial and marine sediment archives …
intensification of monsoonal rainfall recorded in terrestrial and marine sediment archives …
Early Neogene foreland of the Zagros, implications for the initial closure of the Neo-Tethys and kinematics of crustal shortening
We study the transition from passive margin to foreland basin sedimentation now exposed in
the High Zagros belt to provide chronological constraints on the initial stage of Arabia …
the High Zagros belt to provide chronological constraints on the initial stage of Arabia …
Relict basin closure and crustal shortening budgets during continental collision: An example from Caucasus sediment provenance
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 …
shortening in collisional orogens indicates both shortening deficits (200–1700 km) and …
Present‐Day Motion of the Arabian Plate
The present‐day motions in and around the Arabian plate involve a broad spectrum of
tectonic processes including plate subduction, continental collision, seafloor spreading …
tectonic processes including plate subduction, continental collision, seafloor spreading …
Neogene shortening and exhumation of the Zagros fold-thrust belt and foreland basin in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq
The Zagros fold-thrust belt in the Kurdistan region of Iraq encroached southward toward a
rapidly subsiding Neogene foreland basin and was later partitioned by out-of-sequence …
rapidly subsiding Neogene foreland basin and was later partitioned by out-of-sequence …
Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb and Hf isotope for granitoids, NW Sanandaj-Sirjan zone, Iran: Implications for Mesozoic-Cenozoic episodic magmatism during Neo …
Abstract The Sanandaj-Sirjan zone (SSZ) of Iran comprises sedimentary and metamorphic
basement rocks, which are generally regarded as having been derived from the southern …
basement rocks, which are generally regarded as having been derived from the southern …
Constraining quantitatively the timing and process of continent-continent collision using magmatic record: Method and examples
Based on the main driving force of plate motion (the slab pull force generated by the descent
of the oceanic plate in subduction zones) and the three primary mechanisms for magma …
of the oceanic plate in subduction zones) and the three primary mechanisms for magma …
Transition from a singly vergent to doubly vergent wedge in a young orogen: The Greater Caucasus
AM Forte, E Cowgill, KX Whipple - Tectonics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Greater Caucasus Mountains, due to their youth (~ 5 Ma), provide an
opportunity for insight into the early stages of orogen development during continent …
opportunity for insight into the early stages of orogen development during continent …