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 …
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 …
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 …
Iran is a remarkable geoscientific laboratory where the full range of processes that form and modify the continental crust can be studied. Iran's crustal nucleus formed as a magmatic arc …
The Asian continent consists of many continental blocks that assembled during the Phanerozoic, accompanied by widespread granitoids. By compiling a series of digital maps …
Defining the structural style of fold–thrust belts and understanding the controlling factors are necessary steps towards prediction of their long-term and short-term dynamics, including …
Z Hou, H Zhang - Ore Geology Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
The Tethyside orogen, a direct consequence of the separation of the Gondwanaland and the accretion of Eurasia, is a huge composite orogenic system that was generated during …
D Hatzfeld, P Molnar - Reviews of Geophysics, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We compare the geologic histories, the deep structures, and the present‐day kinematics of deformation of the Himalaya and the adjacent Tibetan Plateau with those of the Zagros and …
Abstract New 40 Ar/39 Ar, geochemical and Srsingle bond Nd isotopic analyses of Eocene– Oligocene magmatic rocks in the Lut–Sistan region, eastern Iran shed light on their origin …