[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 …

The North Sistan orogen (Eastern Iran): Tectono-metamorphic evolution and significance within the Tethyan realm

M Jentzer, P Agard, G Bonnet, P Monié, M Fournier… - Gondwana …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sistan orogen (Eastern Iran) separates the Afghan and Lut continental blocks
and stretches along∼ 700 km from north to south, at a high angle with respect to other …

Numerical models of the magmatic processes induced by slab breakoff

R Freeburn, P Bouilhol, B Maunder, V Magni… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
After the onset of continental collision, magmatism often persists for tens of millions of years,
albeit with a different composition, in reduced volumes, and with a more episodic nature and …

Zircon Hf isotopic constraints on magmatic and tectonic evolution in Iran: Implications for crustal growth in the Tethyan orogenic belt

HY Chiu, SL Chung, MH Zarrinkoub… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study presents coupled zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic analyses of 82 igneous rocks that
are mainly from the Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic arc (UDMA) and Sanandaj-Sirjan zone …

A felsic meta-igneous source for Li-F-rich peraluminous granites: insights from the Variscan Velay dome (French Massif Central) and implications for rare-metal …

C Ballouard, S Couzinié, P Bouilhol, M Harlaux… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2023 - Springer
The Velay anatectic dome in the Variscan French Massif Central exposes a low-pressure–
high-temperature metamorphic sequence, which represents an ideal natural laboratory for …

The eastern iranian orocline

S Bagheri, SD Gol - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Eastern Iranian range is seen as a large scale India-Eurasia collisional event
and the subsequent amalgamation of the Afghan and Lut micro-continents, including 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 …

Crustal imbrication and mountain building in the Eastern Iranian Ranges; Insights from receiver function and Rayleigh wave dispersion analysis

M Mahmoodabadi, F Yamini-Fard, MA Irandoust… - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
The evolution of the Eastern Iranian Ranges (EIR) dates back to the Late Cretaceous,
coinciding with the closure of the Neotethys and the accretion of the Lut Block to Eurasia …

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 …

Tectonic slicing and mixing processes along the subduction interface: The Sistan example (Eastern Iran)

G Bonnet, P Agard, S Angiboust, P Monie, M Jentzer… - Lithos, 2018 - Elsevier
Suture zones preserve metamorphosed relicts of subducted ocean floor later exhumed
along the plate interface that can provide critical insights on subduction zone processes …