[HTML][HTML] Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic

DJJ Van Hinsbergen, TH Torsvik, SM Schmid… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
The basins and orogens of the Mediterranean region ultimately result from the opening of
oceans during the early break-up of Pangea since the Triassic, and their subsequent …

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 …

Geodynamics, seismicity, and seismic hazards of the Caucasus

A Ismail-Zadeh, S Adamia, A Chabukiani… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Being a part of ongoing continental collision between the Arabian and Eurasian plates, the
Caucasus region is a remarkable site of moderate to strong seismicity, where devastating …

The East Anatolia–Lesser Caucasus ophiolite: An exceptional case of large-scale obduction, synthesis of data and numerical modelling

Y Rolland, M Hässig, D Bosch, O Bruguier, R Melis… - Geoscience …, 2020 - Elsevier
We present new, geological, metamorphic, geochemical and geochronological data on the
East Anatolian–Lesser Caucasus ophiolites. These data are used in combination with a …

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 Jurassic rifting to Cretaceous subduction in NW Iranian Azerbaijan: geochronological and geochemical signals from granitoids

A Lechmann, JP Burg, P Ulmer, A Mohammadi… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2018 - Springer
Previous interpretations of a Jurassic subduction in Iran were based on trace element
classification diagrams for granitoids, but their reliability is questionable, underscored by …

Mesozoic–Cenozoic structure of the Black Sea–Caucasus–Caspian region and its relationships with the upper mantle structure

VG Trifonov, SY Sokolov, SA Sokolov, K Hessami - Geotectonics, 2020 - Springer
Mesozoic‒Cenozoic tectonic zoning and its evolution are characterized by analysis of
geological data on the Black Sea–Caucasus–Caspian region. The following tectonic zones …

Caspian-type dinocysts in NE Turkey mark deep inland invasion of the Akchagylian brackish-water basin during the terminal Late Pliocene

AN Simakova, AS Tesakov, H Çelik, PD Frolov… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
The paper presents new data on brackish-water Upper Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene
deposits that were studied in the Demirkent (Kars) and Pekecik (Erzurum) sections, NE …

The Upper Pliocene–Quaternary geological history of the Shirak Basin (NE Turkey and NW Armenia) and estimation of the Quaternary uplift of Lesser Caucasus

VG Trifonov, AN Simakova, H Ҫelik, AS Tesakov… - Quaternary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Stratigraphy, structure, and tectonics of the Turkish part of the intermontane Shirak Basin
and the adjacent Susuz Basin were studied based on methods of structural geology …

Tectonic evolution of the Northern margin of the Cenozoic Ararat basin, Lesser Caucasus, Armenia

A Avagyan, M Sosson, L Sahakyan… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates the structure of the northern margin of the Ararat depression in a
study area in SE Armenia. The depression is a Cenozoic intermontane basin located to the …