Early Mesozoic magmatism and tectonic evolution of the Qinling Orogen: Implications for oblique continental collision

F Hu, S Liu, MN Ducea, JB Chapman, F Wu… - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qinling Orogenic Belt in Central China is formed by an oblique continental
collision between the North China and South China Blocks. In this review, we summarize the …

Early Neogene foreland of the Zagros, implications for the initial closure of the Neo-Tethys and kinematics of crustal shortening

M Pirouz, JP Avouac, J Hassanzadeh… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
We study the transition from passive margin to foreland basin sedimentation now exposed in
the High Zagros belt to provide chronological constraints on the initial stage of Arabia …

Structural style and timing OF NW‐SE trending zagros folds IN SW Iran: interaction with north‐south trending arabian folds and implications for petroleum geology

J Vergés, G Casini, J Ruh, J Cosgrove… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Zagros foldbelt–foreland system in SW Iran is a prolific hydrocarbon province with
known reserves of more than 90 billion brl of oil and 800 TCF of natural gas. Establishing the …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of preexisting salt diapirs during thrust wedge evolution and secondary welding: Insights from analog modeling

P Santolaria, O Ferrer, MG Rowan, M Snidero… - Journal of Structural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Salt lithologies are mechanically weaker than other sedimentary rocks. Salt horizons usually
act as décollements and precursor salt bodies preferentially deform early during contraction …

Cenozoic exhumation and foreland basin evolution of the Zagros orogen during the Arabia‐Eurasia collision, western Iran

DE Barber, DF Stockli, BK Horton, RI Koshnaw - Tectonics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cenozoic exhumation patterns in the internal and external Zagros reveal a long‐term
deformation record associated with geodynamic restructuring of Arabia‐Eurasia collisional …

Permanent closure of the Tethyan Seaway in the northwestern Iranian Plateau driven by cyclic sea-level fluctuations in the late Middle Miocene

J Sun, M Sheykh, N Ahmadi, M Cao, Z Zhang… - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
The opening and closure of marine gateways have been suggested to substantially affect
ocean current circulations and global climatic changes. In the Miocene, the closure of the …

Modeling the effects of global cooling and the Tethyan Seaway closure on North African and South Asian climates during the Middle Miocene Climate Transition

J Zhang, Y Hu, C Zhu, S Flögel, X Fang… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Middle Miocene was a period of prominent climatic change, marked by the Mid-
Miocene Climatic Optimum (MMCO) and the subsequent global cooling due to a decline of …

Pliocene growth of the Dowlatabad syncline in Frontal Fars arc: Folding propagation across the Zagros Fold Belt, Iran

M Najafi, E Beamud, J Ruh, F Mouthereau… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The integration of biostratigraphy, strontium isotope stratigraphy, and magnetostratigraphy
allowed for the precise dating of the> 3.0-km-thick marine to non-marine foreland …

Slab folding and surface deformation of the Iran mobile belt

A Boutoux, A Briaud, C Faccenna, P Ballato… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Back‐arc regions are usually punctuated by pulses of tectonic deformation, lasting for few
tens of millions of years. Yet, the origin of those short‐lived deformation episodes is …