A Jurassic volcanic passive margin in Iran and Turkey

H Azizi, RJ Stern, R Kandemir, O Karsli - Terra Nova, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Broadly similar Early to Middle Jurassic stratigraphic sequences including bimodal
igneous rocks of the Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone of Iran and the Sakarya Zone of Turkey suggest …

Fate of an oceanic plate in the Neo-Tethys intra-oceanic subduction system: Evidence from elemental and Rb/Sr–Sm/Nd isotopic systematics

IM Bhat, H Chauhan, T Ahmad, T Tanaka, M Bickle… - Gondwana …, 2024 - Elsevier
We report the coexistence of normal mid-ocean ridge basalt (NMORB)-type and alkaline
ocean island basalt (OIB)-type mafic volcanics from the Zildat Ophiolitic Mélange (ZOM) …

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 Van microplate: a new microcontinent at the junction of Iran, Turkey, and Armenia

H Azizi, M Tsuboi - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In northwestern Iran, magmatic activity occurred during three main intervals: The
Cretaceous, Eocene, and Miocene-Quaternary. The first two phases of magmatic activity are …

Continental crust variance between post-collisional compressional and extensional domains controlled magmatic activity at Damavand volcano, Northern Iran

H Azizi, F Nouri, Y Asahara, M Minami… - International Geology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Quaternary Damavand stratovolcano, with an elevation of 5670 m, is the
highest mountain in Iran and is the subject of this study. The main rocks are trachyandesite …

Geochemistry and petrogenesis of ophiolitic rocks from the Indus Suture Zone (ISZ), Ladakh Himalaya: insights for depleted mantle beneath an intra-oceanic island …

IM Bhat, H Chauhan, T Ahmad… - International Geology …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Indus Suture Zone preserves the ophiolitic remnants of the eastern part of
the Neo-Tethys Ocean. Parts of these ophiolitic remnants are exposed along the Khangral …

The Paleogene ophiolite conundrum of the Iran–Iraq border region

H Shafaii Moghadam, QL Li, RJ Stern… - Journal of the …, 2020 - lyellcollection.org
New and compiled geochemical, isotopic and geochronological data allow us to propose a
new explanation for Paleogene oceanic magmatic rocks along the Iran–Iraq border. These …

Petrology and geochemistry of mafic intrusive rocks from the Sapi-Shergol ophiolitic mélange, Indus Suture Zone, western Ladakh: constraints on petrogenesis and …

IM Bhat, T Ahmad, DVS Rao - The Journal of Geology, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
This article reports the existence of subduction-related tholeiitic, normal mid-ocean ridge
basalt (N-MORB)-type mafic intrusives emplaced within the Sapi-Shergol ophiolitic mélange …

[HTML][HTML] Petrology of the Paleogene shoshonitic volcanism in north Sarab area, NW Iran: Geochemical, Ar-Ar dating and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic constraints

S Heidari, AAT Shabani, S Hassanpour… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study reports the earliest presumably known collisional magmatism of the NW Iran–
eastern Turkey–Caucasus region from the north of Sarab city in East Azarbaijan province …

Geochronology, petrogenesis, and tectonic setting of amphibolitic rocks from the Tutak metamorphic Complex, Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, Iran

E Moradian, N Shabanian, AR Davoudian… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
Amphibolitic rocks of the Tutak Metamorphic Complex (TMC), in the southern part of the
Sanandaj Sirjan Zone (SaSZ), are associated with meta-dolerites, felsic intrusions, mica …