Integrated detrital rutile and zircon provenance reveals multiple sources for Cambrian sandstones in North Gondwana

Y Zoleikhaei, JA Mulder, PA Cawood - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Early Paleozoic sandstones deposited along the northern margin of Gondwana are
commonly interpreted to represent a vast, well-mixed, and far-travelled blanket of sand …

Jurassic paleogeography of the Tian Shan: An evolution driven by far-field tectonics and climate

J Morin, M Jolivet, C Robin, G Heilbronn, L Barrier… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The strongly intracontinental Tian Shan region, in Central Asia represents a key
area to understand the long term evolution of continents in general and Asia in particular. If …

High‐resolution lithospheric structure of the Zagros collision zone and Iranian Plateau

MA Irandoust, K Priestley… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 dire straits of Paratethys: Gateways to the anoxic giant of Eurasia

DV Palcu, W Krijgsman - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A complex interplay of palaeoclimatic, eustatic and tectonic processes led to fragmentation
and dissipation of the vast Tethys Ocean in Eocene–Oligocene times. The resulting …

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 …

Oblique convergence during the Cimmerian collision: evidence from the Triassic Aghdarband Basin, NE Iran

A Zanchi, S Zanchetta, M Balini, MR Ghassemi - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lower-Middle Triassic Aghdarband Basin, NE Iran, consists of a strongly
deformed arc-related marine succession deposited along the southern margin of Eurasia in …

Depth of magnetic basement in Iran based on fractal spectral analysis of aeromagnetic data

V Teknik, A Ghods - Geophysical Journal International, 2017 - academic.oup.com
To estimate the shape of sedimentary basins, a critical parameter in hydrocarbon
exploration, we calculated the depth of magnetic basement by applying a fractal spectral …

Transition from a singly vergent to doubly vergent wedge in a young orogen: The Greater Caucasus

AM Forte, E Cowgill, KX Whipple - Tectonics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Greater Caucasus Mountains, due to their youth (~ 5 Ma), provide an
opportunity for insight into the early stages of orogen development during continent …

Detrital zircon age constraints on the evolution of Paleo‐Tethys in NE Iran: Implications for subduction and collision tectonics

Y Chu, B Wan, MB Allen, L Chen, W Lin, M Talebian… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The timings of the onset of oceanic spreading, subduction and collision are crucial in plate
reconstructions, but not always straightforward to resolve. The Paleo‐Tethys evolution …

Lateral structural variation of the lithosphere‐asthenosphere system in the northeastern to eastern Iranian plateau and its tectonic implications

Z Wu, L Chen, M Talebian, X Wang… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Iranian plateau is a natural laboratory for deciphering the lithospheric deformation and
deep dynamics in response to the Neo‐Tethyan subduction and subsequent Arabia‐Eurasia …