In this contribution, we investigate the space and time distribution of the Cenozoic magmatism and the associated porphyry Cu-Mo±Au and other hydrothermal (mostly …
The timing of continental collision between Arabia and Eurasia is a highly controversial issue, on which new constraints are here provided from the Amiran Basin (Zagros …
The Iranian plateau has a more straightforward relationship between the Paleo-Tethys and Neo-Tethys, than other regions in the Tethyan realm and is an ideal place to test the genetic …
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 …
Continental-arc igneous rock compositions change in response to the transition from subduction to collision and these changes can reveal how the crust, lithosphere and magma …
Early Paleozoic sandstones deposited along the northern margin of Gondwana are commonly interpreted to represent a vast, well-mixed, and far-travelled blanket of sand …
The Lhasa terrane is widely regarded as an integral unit that separated from Gondwana in the Carboniferous or late Triassic, but this terrane may more reasonably consist of two …
Abstract The Sanandaj-Sirjan zone (SSZ) of Iran comprises sedimentary and metamorphic basement rocks, which are generally regarded as having been derived from the southern …
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 …