[HTML][HTML] On the nature of the Cimmerian Continent

AMC Şengör, D Altıner, C Zabcı, G Sunal, N Lom… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cimmerian Continent is the narrow continental strip that rifted from the
northeastern Gondwana-Land margin mostly during the Permian between the present-day …

Evolution of the Zagros sector of Neo-Tethys: Tectonic and magmatic events that shaped its rifting, seafloor spreading and subduction history

A Jafari, S Ao, S Jamei, H Ghasemi - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The evolution of the Neo-Tethys realm had a significant impact on the Phanerozoic
paleogeography of the Iran Plateau. However, there remains significant debate regarding …

Jurassic igneous rocks of the central Sanandaj–Sirjan zone (Iran) mark a propagating continental rift, not a magmatic arc

H Azizi, RJ Stern - Terra Nova, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Jurassic igneous bodies of the Sanandaj–Sirjan zone (SaSZ) in SW Iran are generally
considered as a magmatic arc but critical evaluation of modern geochronology …

Neotethyan subduction ignited the Iran arc and backarc differently

H Shafaii Moghadam, QL Li, XH Li… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Most arcs show systematic temporal and spatial variations in magmatism with clear shifts in
igneous rock compositions between those of the magmatic front (MF) and those in the …

Tethyan subduction and Cretaceous rift magmatism at the southern margin of Eurasia: Evidence for crustal evolution of the South Caspian Basin

I Monsef, Z Zhang, E Shabanian, P le Roux… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Cretaceous rift magmatic activity along the southern margin of Eurasia is ideal for
testing how the far-field magmatism, with alkaline to calc-alkaline igneous rocks along the …

From Tethyan subduction to Arabia-Eurasia continental collision: Multiple geo-thermochronological signals from granitoids in NW Iran

Z Zhang, T Zack, B Kohn, MG Malusà, L Wu… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
NW Iran, situated between the Arabian and Eurasian plates, carries a record of both Paleo-
Tethyan and Neo-Tethyan tectonic evolution. During the Wilson Cycle of Tethys Ocean …

A Jurassic volcanic passive margin in Iran and Turkey

H Azizi, RJ Stern, R Kandemir, O Karsli - Terra Nova, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Broadly similar Early to Middle Jurassic stratigraphic sequences including bimodal
igneous rocks of the Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone of Iran and the Sakarya Zone of Turkey suggest …

The Van microplate: a new microcontinent at the junction of Iran, Turkey, and Armenia

H Azizi, M Tsuboi - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In northwestern Iran, magmatic activity occurred during three main intervals: The
Cretaceous, Eocene, and Miocene-Quaternary. The first two phases of magmatic activity are …

The Eastern Khoy metamorphic complex of NW Iran: a Jurassic ophiolite or continuation of the Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone?

HS Moghadam, F Corfu, RJ Stern… - Journal of the …, 2019 - lyellcollection.org
The Khoy complex in NW Iran has been widely regarded to consist of both Jurassic and
Cretaceous ophiolites, but whereas the western Late Cretaceous ophiolite is unequivocal …

The Middle-Late Cretaceous Zagros ophiolites, Iran: Linking of a 3000 km swath of subduction initiation fore-arc lithosphere from Troodos, Cyprus to Oman

HS Moghadam, QL Li, WL Griffin, M Chiaradia… - …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
New trace-element, radiogenic Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic and geochronological data from Middle-
Late Cretaceous Zagros ophiolites of Iran give new insights into the tectono-magmatic …