[HTML][HTML] Geology of the onshore Makran accretionary wedge: Synthesis and tectonic interpretation

JP Burg - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
This contribution is a synthesis of studies carried out since 2004 in the Makran accretionary
wedge exposed in SE Iran. These studies were intended to improve our understanding of …

Detrital zircon geochronology and processes in accretionary wedges

J Žák, M Svojtka, J Hajná, L Ackerman - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology has been widely employed to analyze accretionary
wedges over the past decade. The goal of this paper is, first, to briefly review this rapidly …

Composition, provenance, and tectonic setting of the southern Kangurtag accretionary complex in the Eastern Tianshan, NW China: Implications for the late Paleozoic …

Z Chen, W Xiao, BF Windley, K Schulmann, Q Mao… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The Kangurtag belt in the Eastern Tianshan, connecting the Dananhu Arc with the Central
Tianshan Arc, contains diagnostic rocks of accretionary origin, and thus provides key …

New evidence for Late Cretaceous plume-related seamounts in the Middle East sector of the Neo-Tethys: Constraints from geochemistry, petrology, and mineral …

E Barbero, F Zaccarini, M Delavari, A Dolati, E Saccani… - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Durkan Complex in the Makran Accretionary Prism (SE Iran) has been
interpreted either as a continental margin succession or a Late Cretaceous tectonically …

Long wavelength progressive plateau uplift in Eastern Anatolia since 20 Ma: implications for the role of slab peel‐Back and Break‐off

C Memiş, OH Göğüş, EŞ Uluocak… - Geochemistry …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Stratigraphic evidence is used to interpret that the East Anatolian Plateau with 2 km average
elevation today was below sea level~ 20 Ma and uplift began in the northern part. The …

Aeolian and fluvial processes influence on dust storms of Hormuz Strait and Makran coastal plains (SE Iran); insight from geomorphic landforms, and sediment texture …

A Mohammadi - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Hormuz Strait and Makran coastal plains in southeast Iran are significant
sources of dust storms in south Asia due to an arid climate with a strong wind regime, low …

Roundness of heavy minerals (zircon and apatite) as a provenance tool for unraveling recycling: A case study from the Sefidrud and Sarbaz rivers in N and SE Iran

Y Zoleikhaei, D Frei, A Morton, SM Zamanzadeh - Sedimentary Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
In order to improve techniques for provenance studies, and especially to address the
question of sediment recycling, morphological changes of two minerals with contrasting …

[HTML][HTML] Deformation history and processes during accretion of seamounts in subduction zones: The example of the Durkan Complex (Makran, SE Iran)

E Barbero, M Di Rosa, L Pandolfi, M Delavari… - Geoscience …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Durkan Complex is a tectonic element of the Makran Accretionary Prism (SE
Iran) that includes fragments of Late Cretaceous seamounts. In this paper, the results of map …

Continental igneous rock composition: A major control of past global chemical weathering

CP Bataille, A Willis, X Yang, XM Liu - Science Advances, 2017 - science.org
The composition of igneous rocks in the continental crust has changed throughout Earth's
history. However, the impact of these compositional variations on chemical weathering, and …

[HTML][HTML] The western Durkan Complex (Makran Accretionary Prism, SE Iran): A Late Cretaceous tectonically disrupted seamounts chain and its role in controlling …

E Barbero, L Pandolfi, M Delavari, A Dolati… - Geoscience …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Durkan Complex is a key tectonic element of the Makran accretionary prism
(SE Iran) and it has been interpreted as representing a continental margin succession. We …