Episodic subduction initiation triggered Jurassic magmatism in the Sanandaj–Sirjan zone, Iran

R Maghdour-Mashhour, B Hayes, KN Pang, R Bolhar… - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
The Zagros suture zone in Iran is part of the Tethyan orogenic belt that records convergence
between the Eurasian and Arabian plates during the Mesozoic-Cenozoic. Prior to collision …

A comprehensive re‐look into Jurassic‐Cretaceous Neotethyan active margin in Iran: Evidence of deep mantle flow into subduction magma factory and formation of …

A Esna‐Ashari, J Hassanzadeh - Geological Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Subduction zones display the most diverse magma compositions from various calc‐alkaline
differentiates to alkaline mafic associations, but mechanisms generating Nb‐Enriched …

Jurassic granitoids in the northwestern Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone: Evolving magmatism in response to the development of a Neo-Tethyan slab window

H Zhang, J Chen, T Yang, Z Hou, M Aghazadeh - Gondwana Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Voluminous Jurassic granitoids within the Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone (SSZ) provide insight into
the magmatic arc formed in the active margin of Eurasia. Here, we present new in situ zircon …

Two plutonic complexes of the Sanandaj-Sirjan magmatic-metamorphic belt record Jurassic to Early Cretaceous subduction of an old Neotethys beneath the Iran …

TN Yang, JL Chen, MJ Liang, D Xin, M Aghazadeh… - Gondwana …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Neotethyan tectonics of the Zagros orogenic belt, SW Iran remains still hotly debated in
comparing with its western counterparts. One major issue concerns the timing and nature of …

Constraining the timing of Arabia-Eurasia collision in the Zagros orogen by sandstone provenance (Neyriz, Iran)

P GholamiZadeh, X Hu, E Garzanti, MH Adabi - Bulletin, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Zagros orogen, formed by the collision of the Arabian and Eurasian continental margins,
represents one of the largest and richest oil and gas provinces in the world. The Zagros fold …

The onset of Neo-Tethys subduction in the early Jurassic: evidence from the eclogites of the North Shahrekord Metamorphic complex (Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, W Iran)

C Montemagni, S Zanchetta, N Malaspina… - Geological …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Geodynamic models implying subduction of continental crust either consider this process
happening during collision, when the continental margin of the lower plate attempts …

New occurrence of pyroxenites in the Veria-Naousa ophiolite (north Greece): Implications on their origin and petrogenetic evolution

A Rogkala, P Petrounias, B Tsikouras… - Geosciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
The Veria-Naousa ophiolite represents a dismembered unit in north Greece, which includes
variably serpentinised lherzolite and harzburgite, locally intruded by a sparse network of …

When and Why the NeoTethyan Subduction Initiated Along the Eurasian Margin: A Case Study From a Jurassic Eclogite in Southern Iran

B Wan, Y Chu, L Chen, Z Zhang, S Ao… - … Plate Convergence to …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tethyan evolution is characterized by cyclical continent‐transfer from Gondwana to the
continents in the Northern Hemisphere, similar to a “one‐way” train. Subduction has been …

Mesozoic crustal growth and recycling along the Southern margin of Eurasia: Magmatic rocks from the Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone of Iran

HS Moghadam, W Xiao, WL Griffin, G Ghorbani, Q Li… - Lithos, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone of western Iran is characterized by significant Mesozoic
magmatic activity (from the early Jurassic to the late Cretaceous), with Cenozoic rocks being …

Petrogenesis of gabbroic rocks from the Malayer plutonic complex (Sanandaj-Sirjan zone, west Iran)

AE Ashari, M Tiepolo - Periodico di Mineralogia, 2020 - rosa.uniroma1.it
Abstract The Sanandaj-Sirjan zone (SSZ), extending from northwest to southeast of Iran, is a
continental arc developed during subduction of the Neotethyan oceanic crust below the …