The basement surface of the South Caspian depression lies at a depth of 20–25 km, making
it one of the deepest basins in the world. It occupies the southern, deep-water, part of the …

Thirteen time interval maps were constructed, which depict the Triassic to Neogene plate
tectonic configuration, paleogeography and general lithofacies of the southern margin of …

Active faults are those faults on which movement is possible in the future. It draws particular
attention to active faults in geodynamic studies and seismic hazard assessment. Here we …

Diachronous subsidence patterns of Tethyan margins since the Early Palaeozoic provide
constraints for paleocontinental reconstructions and the opening of disappeared oceans …

The Anarak, Jandaq and Posht-e-Badam metamorphic complexes occupy the NW part of the
Central-East Iranian Microcontinent and are juxtaposed with the Great Kavir block and …

A new version of global and regional palaeogeographic maps is presented for two time
intervals. These maps depict the plate tectonic configuration, palaeoenvironment and …

The time span between the Variscan and Alpine cycles is not devoid of any major tectonic
activity, and corresponds to the Cimmerian cycle. Between the Early Permian and Late …

Abstract In the Lesser Caucasus three main domains are distinguished from SW to NE:(1)
the autochthonous South Armenian Block (SAB), a Gondwana-derived terrane;(2) the …

The Black Sea basin originated as a back-arc basin during Cretaceous times. Continental
rifting took place during the Aptian to Albian with large-scale crustal thinning and separation …

A number of en échelon-arranged, southwest-facing arc fragments of Palaeozoic to Jurassic
ages, sandwiched between two fairly straight east-northeast trending boundaries, constitute …