Ophiolites of Iran: Keys to understanding the tectonic evolution of SW Asia:(II) Mesozoic ophiolites

HS Moghadam, RJ Stern - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
Iran is a mosaic of continental terranes of Cadomian (520–600 Ma) age, stitched together
along sutures decorated by Paleozoic and Mesozoic ophiolites. Here we present the current …

Geologic history of the Sabzevar oceanic Basin, NE Iran: An overview from continental rifting to obduction in the NeoTethys oceanic system

A Jafari, H Ghasemi - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
The issue about the Sabzevar Oceanic Basin (SOB) lifetime and its paleogeographic
position, as a branch of the NeoTethyan oceanic system in Northeast Iran, has long been …

40Ar/39Ar mineral ages of eclogites from North Shahrekord in the Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone, Iran: implications for the tectonic evolution of Zagros orogen

AR Davoudian, J Genser, F Neubauer… - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Eclogites are high-pressure/low-temperature metamorphic rocks and are regularly
considered as an indicator of ancient subduction zones. Eclogites have recently been found …

Sabzevar Ophiolite, NE Iran: Progress from embryonic oceanic lithosphere into magmatic arc constrained by new isotopic and geochemical data

HS Moghadam, F Corfu, M Chiaradia, RJ Stern… - Lithos, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The poorly known Sabzevar–Torbat-e-Heydarieh ophiolite belt (STOB) covers a
large region in NE Iran, over 400 km EW and almost 200 km NS. The Sabzevar mantle …

The calc-alkaline and adakitic volcanism of the Sabzevar structural zone (NE Iran): implications for the Eocene magmatic flare-up in Central Iran

HS Moghadam, F Rossetti, F Lucci, M Chiaradia… - Lithos, 2016 - Elsevier
A major magmatic flare-up is documented along the Bitlis–Zagros suture zone in Eocene–
Oligocene times. The Cenozoic magmatism of intraplate Central Iran is an integrant part of …

The Tethyan tectonic history and Cu-Au metallogeny of Iran

JP Richards, A Sholeh - 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Iran is a resource-rich country, with large deposits of iron, copper, zinc, and gold, as well as
industrial minerals and oil and gas. Most of these resources were formed in response to …

Adakite differentiation and emplacement in a subduction channel: The late Paleocene Sabzevar magmatism (NE Iran)

F Rossetti, M Nasrabady, T Theye, A Gerdes… - …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This study describes the structural setting, petrogenesis, and geochronology of a suite of
acidic magmatic rocks that are intruded in the metamorphic core of the Tertiary ophiolitic …

[HTML][HTML] Cretaceous tectonic evolution of the Neo-Tethys in Central Iran: Evidence from petrology and age of the Nain-Ashin ophiolitic basalts

T Pirnia, E Saccani, G Torabi, M Chiari, Š Goričan… - Geoscience …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Nain and Ashin ophiolites consist of Mesozoic mélange units that were
emplaced in the Late Cretaceous onto the continental basement of the Central-East Iran …

Slab folding and surface deformation of the Iran mobile belt

A Boutoux, A Briaud, C Faccenna, P Ballato… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Back‐arc regions are usually punctuated by pulses of tectonic deformation, lasting for few
tens of millions of years. Yet, the origin of those short‐lived deformation episodes is …

Sediment-hosted Pb–Zn deposits in the Tethyan domain from China to Iran: characteristics, tectonic setting, and ore controls

Y Song, Y Liu, Z Hou, M Fard, H Zhang, L Zhuang - Gondwana Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tethyan domain from China to Iran hosts many important sediment-hosted Pb–
Zn deposits but most have been poorly documented. This study summarizes the salient …