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 …

Diachronous initiation of Arabia–Eurasia collision from eastern Anatolia to the southeastern Zagros Mountains since middle Eocene time

MH Darin, PJ Umhoefer - International Geology Review, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The persistent debate over the timing of initial Arabia–Eurasia collision has eluded
consensus for decades, with most estimates ranging widely from~ 50 to 10 Ma along both …

Pre-Eocene Arabia-Eurasia collision: New constraints from the Zagros Mountains (Amiran Basin, Iran)

G Sun, X Hu, E Garzanti, MK BouDagher-Fadel… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The timing of continental collision between Arabia and Eurasia is a highly controversial
issue, on which new constraints are here provided from the Amiran Basin (Zagros …

The geologic configuration of the Zagros Fold and Thrust Belt: an overview

A Sembroni, R Reitano, C Faccenna… - Mediterranean Geoscience …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Zagros Fold and Thrust Belt (ZFTB) is an outstanding orogen running from
eastern Turkey to the Makran area. It is formed as a consequence of the convergence …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Spatially varying crustal stress along the Zagros seismic belt inferred from earthquake focal mechanisms

A Nouri, B Rahimi, V Vavryčuk, F Ghaemi - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
We determine the stress field of the Zagros fold-and-thrust belt (ZFTB) in the collisional zone
between the Arabian and Iranian plates. Using 898 mainshock focal mechanisms, which …

[HTML][HTML] Early Paleozoic extensional tectonics along Gondwana's northern margin: Insights from Iran

Y Zoleikhaei, JA Mulder, PA Cawood - Gondwana Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the northern margin of Gondwana is inferred to comprise
several episodes of continental breakup and ocean opening. However, the timing and …

Zircon U‐Pb‐He double dating of modern sands from the Inn river catchment: Assessing resolution and potential in a complex orogenic setting

I Dunkl, F Malis, NK Lünsdorf, J Schönig… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Zircon U‐Pb‐He double dating (ZDD) provides the opportunity to derive high
temperature crystallization ages and low temperature cooling ages from the very same …

Early-middle Miocene Inversion of the Abu Jir Fault in the Western Iraq: a possible consequence of the Arabian Plate Northward movement

AKA Al-Hadithy, RN Fajer, RI Koshnaw - The Iraqi Geological Journal, 2023 - igj-iraq.org
The Abu Jir fault zone in western Iraq that marks the western limit of the Zagros foreland
basin merges with the Anah graben in the north. The northern segment of the Abu Jir fault …

Eocene contractional deformation in the NW corner of the Arabian plate and its relation to Arabia-Eurasia collision in SE Türkiye

AHF Robertson, O Parlak - International Geology Review, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Field evidence indicates c. 40 Ma (Early-Middle Eocene) contractional deformation in the S
Amanos Mountains. Following latest Cretaceous southward ophiolite emplacement, an intra …