[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 …

Caucasus collisional history: Review of data from East Anatolia to West Iran

Y Rolland - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
This article summarizes the geodynamic evolution of the Caucasus mountain belt from the
Paleozoic to Present based on a review of works from Eastern Anatolia, Greater and Lesser …

Long-lived, stationary magmatism and pulsed porphyry systems during Tethyan subduction to post-collision evolution in the southernmost Lesser Caucasus, Armenia …

R Moritz, H Rezeau, M Ovtcharova, R Tayan… - Gondwana …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The composite Meghri–Ordubad and Bargushat plutons of the Zangezur–Ordubad
region in the southernmost Lesser Caucasus consist of successive Eocene to Pliocene …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The eastern Black Sea-Caucasus region during the Cretaceous: New evidence to constrain its tectonic evolution

M Sosson, R Stephenson, Y Sheremet… - Comptes Rendus …, 2016 - Elsevier
We report new observations in the eastern Black Sea-Caucasus region that allow
reconstructing the evolution of the Neotethys in the Cretaceous. At that time, the Neotethys …

The North Sistan orogen (Eastern Iran): Tectono-metamorphic evolution and significance within the Tethyan realm

M Jentzer, P Agard, G Bonnet, P Monié, M Fournier… - Gondwana …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sistan orogen (Eastern Iran) separates the Afghan and Lut continental blocks
and stretches along∼ 700 km from north to south, at a high angle with respect to other …

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 …

Long-lived, Eocene-Miocene stationary magmatism in NW Iran along a transform plate boundary

A Rabiee, F Rossetti, Y Asahara, H Azizi, F Lucci… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Eocene-Miocene Mianeh-Hashtroud igneous district in NW Iran is part of the
Turkish–Caucasus–Iranian collision zone, a key region to decipher the assembly and …

Postcollisional transition from subduction-to intraplate-type magmatism in the eastern Sakarya zone, Turkey: Indicators of northern Neotethyan slab breakoff

A Dokuz, F Aydin, O Karslı - GSA Bulletin, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Postcollisional magmatism in the eastern Sakarya zone was recorded by voluminous basic
volcanism and repeated plutonism during the early Cenozoic. The temporal and …

30 Myr of Cenozoic magmatism along the Tethyan margin during Arabia–Eurasia accretionary orogenesis (Meghri–Ordubad pluton, southernmost Lesser Caucasus)

H Rezeau, R Moritz, J Leuthold, S Hovakimyan… - Lithos, 2017 - Elsevier
Three magmatic series of substantially different ages and compositions were successively
emplaced to form the composite Meghri–Ordubab pluton (MOP) in the southernmost Lesser …