Caucasus collisional history: Review of data from East Anatolia to West Iran

Y Rolland - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
This article summarizes the geodynamic evolution of the Caucasus mountain belt from the
Paleozoic to Present based on a review of works from Eastern Anatolia, Greater and Lesser …

Geodynamics, seismicity, and seismic hazards of the Caucasus

A Ismail-Zadeh, S Adamia, A Chabukiani… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Being a part of ongoing continental collision between the Arabian and Eurasian plates, the
Caucasus region is a remarkable site of moderate to strong seismicity, where devastating …

[HTML][HTML] Supra-glacial debris cover changes in the Greater Caucasus from 1986 to 2014

LG Tielidze, T Bolch, RD Wheate, SS Kutuzov… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Abstract Knowledge of supra-glacial debris cover and its changes remain incomplete in the
Greater Caucasus, in spite of recent glacier studies. Here we present data of supra-glacial …

Structure and kinematics of active faulting in the northern domain of western and central Alborz, Iran and interpretation in terms of tectonic evolution of the region

A Rashidi, M Nemati, S Shafieibafti… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
Field evidence, seismicity, and geodetic data are combined to define the tectonic evolution
along the northern domain of the Western and Central Alborz ranges, which have …

[HTML][HTML] Tectonics in the Greater Caucasus (Georgia–Russia): From an intracontinental rifted basin to a doubly verging fold-and-thrust belt

J Mosar, J Mauvilly, K Koiava, I Gamkrelidze… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Greater Caucasus doubly-vergent orogenic system has its origin in a Mesozoic-
Early Cenozoic back-arc-type basin, floored by an extensively stretched and heavily …

Hydrocarbon accumulation in basins with multiple phases of extension and inversion: examples from the Western Desert (Egypt) and the western Black Sea

W Bosworth, G Tari - Solid Earth Discussions, 2020 - se.copernicus.org
Folds associated with inverted extensional faults are important exploration targets in many
basins across our planet. A common cause for failure to trap hydrocarbons in inversion …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-scale approach to the recent activity of the Stradella thrust in the seismotectonic context of the Emilia Arc (northwestern Italy)

A Tibaldi, R de Nardis, P Torrese, S Bressan… - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
The frontal thrusts and folds of the northern Apennines-Italy-are mainly covered under the
alluvial deposits of the Po Plain. Some of these structures show geological evidence of Late …

Dynamically triggered tectonic tremors and earthquakes in the Caucasian region following the 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, earthquake sequence

D Yao, Z Peng, C Ding, E Sandvol… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Deep tectonic tremor has been observed along major subduction zones and several
continental strike‐slip faults around the Pacific Rim and the Caribbean. However, it has not …

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 …

Structural inversion of back-arc basins–The Neogene Adjara-Trialeti fold-and-thrust belt (SW Georgia) as a far-field effect of the Arabia-Eurasia collision

T Gusmeo, W Cavazza, VM Alania, OV Enukidze… - Tectonophysics, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The 350 km-long Adjara-Trialeti fold-and-thrust belt of southwestern Georgia is the
result of the structural inversion of a continental back-arc basin developed in the Paleogene …