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 …

[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 …

Intracontinental deformation of the Tianshan Orogen in response to India-Asia collision

W Li, Y Chen, X Yuan, W **ao, BF Windley - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
How the continental lithosphere deforms far away from plate boundaries has been long
debated. The Tianshan is a type-example of ongoing lithospheric deformation in an …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of geological CO2 storage potential in Saudi Arabian sedimentary basins

J Ye, A Afifi, F Rowaihy, G Baby, A De Santiago… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies are needed as a crucial technology for
Saudi Arabia to reach its net-zero goal by 2060. This study represents the first …

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 …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal–spatial distribution and tectonic setting of porphyry copper deposits in Iran: constraints from zircon U–Pb and molybdenite Re–Os geochronology

M Aghazadeh, Z Hou, Z Badrzadeh, L Zhou - Ore geology reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Porphyry copper deposits (PCDs) in Iran are dominantly distributed in Arasbaran (NW Iran),
the middle segment of the Urumieh–Dokhtar Magmatic Arc (UDMA), and Kerman (central SE …