Tethyan subduction and Cretaceous rift magmatism at the southern margin of Eurasia: Evidence for crustal evolution of the South Caspian Basin

I Monsef, Z Zhang, E Shabanian, P le Roux… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Cretaceous rift magmatic activity along the southern margin of Eurasia is ideal for
testing how the far-field magmatism, with alkaline to calc-alkaline igneous rocks along the …

High‐resolution lithospheric structure of the Zagros collision zone and Iranian Plateau

MA Irandoust, K Priestley… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
From a joint analysis of fundamental mode Rayleigh wave group velocities and P‐wave
receiver functions, we derive a new, high‐resolution 3D shear‐wave velocity (Vs) model for …

Petrogenesis of arc-related peridotite hosted chromitite deposits in Sikhoran-Soghan mantle section, South Iran: Evidence for proto-forearc spreading to boninitic …

F Sepidbar, MZ Khedr, MR Ghorbani, RM Palin… - Ore Geology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Soghan-Sikhoran ophiolite in southeast Iran (Outer Zagros Ophiolite Belt) is a
remnant of a series of Upper Triassic–Cretaceous supra-subduction zone (SSZ) ophiolites …

[HTML][HTML] Early Paleozoic extensional tectonics along Gondwana's northern margin: Insights from Iran

Y Zoleikhaei, JA Mulder, PA Cawood - Gondwana Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the northern margin of Gondwana is inferred to comprise
several episodes of continental breakup and ocean opening. However, the timing and …

New evidence for Late Cretaceous plume-related seamounts in the Middle East sector of the Neo-Tethys: Constraints from geochemistry, petrology, and mineral …

E Barbero, F Zaccarini, M Delavari, A Dolati, E Saccani… - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Durkan Complex in the Makran Accretionary Prism (SE Iran) has been
interpreted either as a continental margin succession or a Late Cretaceous tectonically …

Geochemistry and tectonic significance of the Fannuj-Maskutan SSZ-type ophiolite (Inner Makran, SE Iran)

F Sepidbar, F Lucci, H Biabangard… - International Geology …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The nature and geodynamic setting of Inner Makran ophiolites (SE Iran) are controversial
and are the focus of a growing debate. The Fannuj-Maskutan ophiolite complex (central …

[PDF][PDF] WHOLE-ROCK AND ND-PB ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY AND RADIOLARIAN AGES OF THE VOLCANICS FROM THE YÜKSEKOVA COMPLEX (MADEN …

M Ural, K Sayit, UK Tekin - Ofioliti, 2022 - researchgate.net
ABSTRACT The Southeast Anatolian Orogenic Belt (SAOB) is characterized by a tectonic
assemblage consisting of dismembered ophiolites, subduction-related assemblages, and …

[HTML][HTML] The western Durkan Complex (Makran Accretionary Prism, SE Iran): A Late Cretaceous tectonically disrupted seamounts chain and its role in controlling …

E Barbero, L Pandolfi, M Delavari, A Dolati… - Geoscience …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Durkan Complex is a key tectonic element of the Makran accretionary prism
(SE Iran) and it has been interpreted as representing a continental margin succession. We …

Fossil seamount in southeast Zagros records intraoceanic arc to back-arc transition: New constraints for the evolution of the Neotethys

G Bonnet, P Agard, H Whitechurch, M Fournier… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Neotethys ocean is transiently involved in two subduction zones during the Late
Cretaceous. While the Northern Neotethys subduction zone (below Eurasia) was active from …

Unravelling metamorphic ages of suture zone rocks from the Sabzevar and Makran areas (Iran): Robust age constraints for the larger Arabia–Eurasian collision zone

M Bröcker, H Omrani, J Berndt… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this study we establish a time frame for metamorphic processes affecting Neotethyan
suture zones at the northern (Sabzevar) and southern (Makran) margin of the Central Iranian …