Iran is a remarkable geoscientific laboratory where the full range of processes that form and
modify the continental crust can be studied. Iran's crustal nucleus formed as a magmatic arc …

Ophiolites are important archives of oceanic crust development and preservation in the rock
record, and the Alpine-Himalayan Orogenic Belt (AHOB) is one of the most comprehensive …

The formation of a global network of plate boundaries surrounding a mosaic of lithospheric
fragments was a key step in the emergence of Earth's plate tectonics. So far, propositions for …

From a joint analysis of fundamental mode Rayleigh wave group velocities and P‐wave
receiver functions, we derive a new, high‐resolution 3D shear‐wave velocity (Vs) model for …

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 …

Most arcs show systematic temporal and spatial variations in magmatism with clear shifts in
igneous rock compositions between those of the magmatic front (MF) and those in the …

Subduction initiation (SI) requires the sinking of one plate beneath another and this exerts
extensional stress on the overlying plate. How broad a region is affected by SI-related …

The configuration and timing of the Arabia‐Eurasia continental collision, part of the broader
Alpine‐Himalayan collisional system, remains controversial. We conducted sandstone …

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 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 …