The Smithian/Spathian boundary (late Early Triassic): A review of ammonoid, conodont, and carbon-isotopic criteria

L Zhang, MJ Orchard, A Brayard, TJ Algeo, L Zhao… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The transition from the Smithian substage to the Spathian substage of the Olenekian stage
of the late Early Triassic was a critical time marked by a series of biological and …

The drift history of Iran from the Ordovician to the Triassic

G Muttoni, M Mattei, M Balini, A Zanchi… - Geological Society …, 2009 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract New Late Ordovician and Triassic palaeomagnetic data from Iran are presented.
These data, in conjunction with data from the literature, provide insights on the drift history of …

The record of the Late Palaeozoic active margin of the Palaeotethys in NE Iran: constraints on the Cimmerian orogeny

S Zanchetta, F Berra, A Zanchi, M Bergomi… - Gondwana …, 2013 - Elsevier
The Cimmerian orogen resulted from the collision and accretion of several Perigondwanan
blocks to the southern margin of Eurasia between the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic …

The Cimmerian evolution of the Nakhlak–Anarak area, Central Iran, and its bearing for the reconstruction of the history of the Eurasian margin

A Zanchi, S Zanchetta, E Garzanti… - Geological Society …, 2009 - lyellcollection.org
New structural, sedimentological, petrological and palaeomagnetic data collected in the
region of Nakhlak–Anarak provide important constraints on the Cimmerian evolution of …

Oblique convergence during the Cimmerian collision: evidence from the Triassic Aghdarband Basin, NE Iran

A Zanchi, S Zanchetta, M Balini, MR Ghassemi - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lower-Middle Triassic Aghdarband Basin, NE Iran, consists of a strongly
deformed arc-related marine succession deposited along the southern margin of Eurasia in …

Paleozoic to Triassic ocean opening and closure preserved in Central Iran: constraints from the geochemistry of meta-igneous rocks of the Anarak area

DM Buchs, S Bagheri, L Martin, J Hermann, R Arculus - Lithos, 2013 - Elsevier
The Anarak area belongs to an ophiolitic belt along the northern border of the Central-East
Iranian Microcontinent, and is thought to contain fragments of the former Paleotethys and …

Biostratigraphy of Triassic ammonoids

JF Jenks, C Monnet, M Balini, A Brayard… - … : From macroevolution to …, 2015 - Springer
The Triassic is a turning point in the evolutionary history of ammonoids, characterized by the
flourishing Ceratitida and the appearance of the first heteromorphs. Following the end …

Nakhlak carbonate-hosted Pb (Ag) deposit, Isfahan province, Iran: a geological, mineralogical, geochemical, fluid inclusion, and sulfur isotope study

MA Jazi, MH Karimpour, AM Shafaroudi - Ore Geology Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Upper Cretaceous Nakhlak epigenetic vein-type Pbsingle bond (Ag) deposit is
located 55 km northeast of the town of Anarak in Isfahan Province, Iran. The deposit contains …

The Cimmerian accretionary wedge of Anarak, Central Iran

A Zanchi, N Malaspina, S Zanchetta, F Berra… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
The occurrence in Iran of several ophiolite belts dating between Late Palaeozoic to Triassic
poses several questions on the possible existence of various sutures marking the closure of …

Cimmerian metamorphism and post Mid-Cimmerian exhumation in Central Iran: Insights from in-situ Rb/Sr and U/Pb dating

T Gyomlai, P Agard, L Jolivet, T Larvet, G Bonnet… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2022 - Elsevier
The pre-Alpine evolution of the Tethyan domains between Gondwana and Laurasia, and in
particular that of the Cimmerian continental blocks, remains poorly constrained. Central Iran …