Abstract The ca. 300 Ma Fengcheng Formation in the Junggar Basin of NW China is
reported to develop a rare alkaline lake (soda lake) in this study, based on an expanded …

Gondwana is reviewed from the unification of its several cratons in the Late Neoproterozoic,
through its combination with Laurussia in the Carboniferous to form Pangea and up to its …

Using full-colour palaeogeographical maps from the Cambrian to the present, this
interdisciplinary volume explains how plate motions and surface volcanism are linked to …

This checklist aims to list all the reported Iranian inland fishes. It lists 297 species in 109
genera, 30 families, 24 orders and 3 classes reported from different Iranian basins …

The late Paleozoic icehouse was the longest-lived ice age of the Phanerozoic, and its
demise constitutes the only recorded turnover to a greenhouse state. This review …

We studied the stratigraphy, composition, and paleomagnetic properties of lateritic
weathering profiles of Permian age from northern Iran and western Karakoram, Pakistan. A …

Karst bauxites over the world have significant economic value and the geodynamic controls
of their formation have attracted wide attention. These deposits are distributed over a vast …

Abstract The Eo-Cimmerian orogen results from the Late Triassic collision of Iran, a
microplate of Gondwanan affinity, with the southern margin of Eurasia. The orogen is …

The Tethyan region is a major petroleum province. The paleogeographic position and
tectonic history is a major control on sedimentation across the region, and this has …

This checklist aims to reviews and summarize the results of the systematic and
zoogeographical research on the Iranian inland ichthyofauna that has been carried out for …