[HTML][HTML] Tectonic, magmatic, and metallogenic evolution of the Tethyan orogen: From subduction to collision

JP Richards - Ore Geology Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the tectonic, magmatic, and metallogenic history of the Tethyan orogen
from the Carpathians to Indochina. Focus is placed on the formation of porphyry Cu±Mo±Au …

[HTML][HTML] On the nature of the Cimmerian Continent

AMC Şengör, D Altıner, C Zabcı, G Sunal, N Lom… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cimmerian Continent is the narrow continental strip that rifted from the
northeastern Gondwana-Land margin mostly during the Permian between the present-day …

Zircon U–Pb age constraints from Iran on the magmatic evolution related to Neotethyan subduction and Zagros orogeny

HY Chiu, SL Chung, MH Zarrinkoub, SS Mohammadi… - Lithos, 2013 - Elsevier
This study reports zircon LA-ICPMS U–Pb ages of 50 igneous rock samples from the
Urumieh–Dokhtar magmatic arc (UDMA) and Sanandaj–Sirjan structural zone (SSZ) in Iran …

The Neotethyan Sanandaj‐Sirjan zone of Iran as an archetype for passive margin‐arc transitions

J Hassanzadeh, BP Wernicke - Tectonics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Sanandaj‐Sirjan zone of Iran is a northwest trending orogenic belt immediately
north of the Zagros suture, which represents the former position of the Neotethys Ocean. The …

Jurassic to Cenozoic tectonics of the Zagros Orogen in northwestern Iran

M Mohajjel, CL Fergusson - International Geology Review, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The Zagros Mountains of Iran formed by continental collision from closure of the Neo-
Tethyan Ocean. The Zagros Orogen underlying the mountain range reflects a much longer …

Jurassic igneous rocks of the central Sanandaj–Sirjan zone (Iran) mark a propagating continental rift, not a magmatic arc

H Azizi, RJ Stern - Terra Nova, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Jurassic igneous bodies of the Sanandaj–Sirjan zone (SaSZ) in SW Iran are generally
considered as a magmatic arc but critical evaluation of modern geochronology …

40Ar/39Ar mineral ages of eclogites from North Shahrekord in the Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone, Iran: implications for the tectonic evolution of Zagros orogen

AR Davoudian, J Genser, F Neubauer… - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Eclogites are high-pressure/low-temperature metamorphic rocks and are regularly
considered as an indicator of ancient subduction zones. Eclogites have recently been found …

Geochemistry and zircon geochronology of the Permian A-type Hasanrobat granite, Sanandaj–Sirjan belt: A new record of the Gondwana break-up in Iran

S Alirezaei, J Hassanzadeh - Lithos, 2012 - Elsevier
The Sanandaj–Sirjan metamorphic–plutonic Belt (SSB) in west central Iran is a polyphase
metamorphic terrain composed of dominantly greenschist-grade metasedimentary and …

Evolution of the Zagros sector of Neo-Tethys: Tectonic and magmatic events that shaped its rifting, seafloor spreading and subduction history

A Jafari, S Ao, S Jamei, H Ghasemi - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The evolution of the Neo-Tethys realm had a significant impact on the Phanerozoic
paleogeography of the Iran Plateau. However, there remains significant debate regarding …

The Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone in the Neo-Tethyan suture, western Iran: Zircon U–Pb evidence of late Palaeozoic rifting of northern Gondwana and mid-Jurassic …

CL Fergusson, AP Nutman, M Mohajjel, VC Bennett - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Zagros Orogen, marking the closure of the Neo-Tethyan Ocean, formed by
continental collision beginning in the late Eocene to early Miocene. Collision was preceded …