[HTML][HTML] Atlas of the underworld: Slab remnants in the mantle, their sinking history, and a new outlook on lower mantle viscosity

DG Van der Meer, DJJ Van Hinsbergen, W Spakman - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Across the entire mantle we interpret 94 positive seismic wave-speed anomalies as
subducted lithosphere and associate these slabs with their geological record. We document …

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 …

An up-to-date crustal deformation map of Iran using integrated campaign-mode and permanent GPS velocities

F Khorrami, P Vernant, F Masson… - Geophysical Journal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We present the most extensive and up-to-date unified GPS velocity field for Iran. We
processed the data collected during 10 yr (2006–2015) from the Iranian Permanent GNSS …

Relict basin closure and crustal shortening budgets during continental collision: An example from Caucasus sediment provenance

E Cowgill, AM Forte, N Niemi, B Avdeev, A Tye… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Comparison of plate convergence with the timing and magnitude of upper crustal
shortening in collisional orogens indicates both shortening deficits (200–1700 km) and …

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] Petrogenesis of mafic collision zone magmatism: The Armenian sector of the Turkish–Iranian Plateau

I Neill, K Meliksetian, MB Allen, G Navasardyan… - Chemical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Turkish–Iranian Plateau grew after the Middle Miocene following the initial
Paleogene Arabia–Eurasia collision. Authors attribute uplift to break-off of the southern Neo …

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 …

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 …

Active tectonics of central-western Caucasus, Georgia

N Tsereteli, A Tibaldi, V Alania, A Gventsadse… - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
This work contributes to a better knowledge of potentially seismogenic faults of the Georgia
Greater and Lesser Caucasus by evaluating the distribution of earthquake foci, active …

Active convergence between the Lesser and Greater Caucasus in Georgia: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Lesser–Greater Caucasus continental collision

G Sokhadze, M Floyd, T Godoladze, R King… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
We present and interpret newly determined site motions derived from GPS observations
made from 2008 through 2016 in the Republic of Georgia, which constrain the rate and …