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 …

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 …

The Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone (W. Iran) was a Jurassic passive continental margin: Evidence from igneous rocks of the Songhor area

F Nouri, H Azizi, RJ Stern, Y Asahara - Lithos, 2023 - Elsevier
It is important to understand the Jurassic tectonic setting of SW Eurasia, and the igneous
rocks of the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone in SW Iran provide critical evidence. Bimodal volcanic …

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 …

S-type like granites and felsic volcanic rocks in the Mahabad area, NW Iran: Late Neoproterozoic extensional tectonics follow collision on the northern boundary of …

S Gholipour, H Azizi, F Masoudi, Y Asahara, M Minami - Lithos, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Neoproterozoic basement is exposed in the Mahabad area of northwest
Iran, and it is classified into three main groups. The first is metamorphic rocks that include …

Hydrothermal alteration mapping using ASTER data, Takab-Baneh area, NW Iran: A key for further exploration of polymetal deposits

S Saed, H Azizi, N Daneshvar, P Afzal… - Geocarto …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
A large number of polymetallic deposits exist in the Takab-Baneh area, NW Iran. Different
methods such as minimum noise fraction (MNF), pixel purity index (PPI), nD visualization …

Late Cretaceous-Paleocene Arc and Back-Arc System in the Neotethys Ocean, Zagros Suture Zone

Y Mohammad, K Abdulla, H Azizi - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Bulfat Igneous Complex comprises the Bulfat and Walash groups and is situated in the
Zagros Suture Zone, in the junction of Arabian and Eurasian plates. Zircon U-Pb data indicat …

A unique period of bimodal volcanism at 130–110 Ma in the northern Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone: Evidence for an extensional setting

B Rahimzadeh, S Mahmoudi, F Corfu, V Ahadnejad… - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic-magmatic Zone (SaSZ) represents the Mesozoic
active continental margin of the Neotethys Ocean between the Arabian plate and the Iranian …

Early Miocene post-collision andesite in the Takab Area, NW Iran

H Azizi, N Daneshvar, A Mohammadi… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Miocene magmatic rocks are exposed as lava flows (OKV group), subvolcanic rocks (SRG
group), and as lavas interbedded with shallow-basin sedimentary layers (TVN group) in the …

From Early Jurassic intracontinental subduction to Early-Middle Jurassic slab break-off magmatism during the Cimmerian orogeny in the Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, Iran

N Shabanian, F Neubauer - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aims to review the Jurassic to Cretaceous tectonic setting of the Sanandaj-Sirjan
Zone (SaSZ), the inner part of the Zagros orogen. For many years, the SaSZ was interpreted …