Granitic record of the assembly of the Asian continent

T Wang, Y Tong, H Huang, H Zhang, L Guo, Z Li… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Asian continent consists of many continental blocks that assembled during the
Phanerozoic, accompanied by widespread granitoids. By compiling a series of digital maps …

Subduction initiation triggered by collision: A review based on examples and models

G Yang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Subduction initiation is one of the main unsolved issues in plate tectonics theory with
different proposed mechanisms. In the arc (plateau, terrane)-continent collision models, a …

[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 …

Detrital zircon age constraints on the evolution of Paleo‐Tethys in NE Iran: Implications for subduction and collision tectonics

Y Chu, B Wan, MB Allen, L Chen, W Lin, M Talebian… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The timings of the onset of oceanic spreading, subduction and collision are crucial in plate
reconstructions, but not always straightforward to resolve. The Paleo‐Tethys evolution …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Early Paleozoic extensional tectonics along Gondwana's northern margin: Insights from Iran

Y Zoleikhaei, JA Mulder, PA Cawood - Gondwana Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the northern margin of Gondwana is inferred to comprise
several episodes of continental breakup and ocean opening. However, the timing and …

Silurian A-type metaquartz-syenite to-granite in the Eastern Anatolia: Implications for Late Ordovician-Silurian rifting at the northern margin of Gondwana

G Topuz, O Candan, JM Wang, QL Li, FY Wu… - Gondwana …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Anatolide-Tauride block in the Tethyan belt represented passive northern
continental margin of Gondwana throughout Paleozoic time. In this paper, we report on a …

A resource for automated search and collation of geochemical datasets from journal supplements

EL Martin, VR Barrote, PA Cawood - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
This article presents a resource for automated search, extraction and collation of
geochemical and geochronological data from the Figshare repository using web scraping …