Tectonic evolution and geodynamics of the Neo-Tethys Ocean

R Zhu, P Zhao, L Zhao - Science China Earth Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Neo-Tethys Ocean was an eastward-ga** triangular oceanic embayment
between Laurasia to the north and Gondwana to the south. The Neo-Tethys Ocean was …

The subduction plate interface: Rock record and mechanical coupling (from long to short timescales)

P Agard, A Plunder, S Angiboust, G Bonnet, J Ruh - Lithos, 2018 - Elsevier
Short-and long-term processes at or close to the subduction plate interface (eg, mineral
transformations, fluid release, seismicity and more generally deformation) might be more …

Zagros orogeny: a subduction-dominated process

P Agard, J Omrani, L Jolivet, H Whitechurch… - Geological …, 2011 - cambridge.org
This paper presents a synthetic view of the geodynamic evolution of the Zagros orogen
within the frame of the Arabia–Eurasia collision. The Zagros orogen and the Iranian plateau …

Building the Zagros collisional orogen: timing, strain distribution and the dynamics of Arabia/Eurasia plate convergence

F Mouthereau, O Lacombe, J Vergés - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
The Zagros Mountains are the result of the Arabia/Eurasia collision initiated at~ 35Ma as the
rifted Arabian lithosphere was underthrusted beneath the Iranian plate due to its negative …

[HTML][HTML] Tectonic, magmatic, and metallogenic evolution of the Tethyan orogen: From subduction to collision

JP Richards - Ore Geology Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the tectonic, magmatic, and metallogenic history of the Tethyan orogen
from the Carpathians to Indochina. Focus is placed on the formation of porphyry Cu±Mo±Au …

High Sr/Y magmas reflect arc maturity, high magmatic water content, and porphyry Cu±Mo±Au potential: Examples from the Tethyan arcs of central and eastern Iran …

JP Richards, T Spell, E Rameh… - Economic …, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The temporal and geochemical evolution of arc magmatism that culminated in porphyry
Cu±Mo±Au deposit formation has been studied in three separate Neo-Tethyan arc systems …

Zircon U–Pb age constraints from Iran on the magmatic evolution related to Neotethyan subduction and Zagros orogeny

HY Chiu, SL Chung, MH Zarrinkoub, SS Mohammadi… - Lithos, 2013 - Elsevier
This study reports zircon LA-ICPMS U–Pb ages of 50 igneous rock samples from the
Urumieh–Dokhtar magmatic arc (UDMA) and Sanandaj–Sirjan structural zone (SSZ) in Iran …

The Neotethyan Sanandaj‐Sirjan zone of Iran as an archetype for passive margin‐arc transitions

J Hassanzadeh, BP Wernicke - Tectonics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Sanandaj‐Sirjan zone of Iran is a northwest trending orogenic belt immediately
north of the Zagros suture, which represents the former position of the Neotethys Ocean. The …

Retrodeforming the Arabia-Eurasia collision zone: Age of collision versus magnitude of continental subduction

N McQuarrie, DJJ van Hinsbergen - Geology, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Arabia-Eurasia collision has been linked to global cooling, the slowing of
Africa, Mediterranean extension, the rifting of the Red Sea, an increase in exhumation and …

A Paleogene extensional arc flare‐up in Iran

C Verdel, BP Wernicke, J Hassanzadeh, B Guest - Tectonics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Arc volcanism across Iran is dominated by a Paleogene pulse, despite protracted and
presumably continuous subduction along the northern margin of the Neotethyan ocean for …