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Early Neogene foreland of the Zagros, implications for the initial closure of the Neo-Tethys and kinematics of crustal shortening
Mortaza Pirouz,Jean Philippe Avouac,Jamshid Hassanzadeh,Joseph L. Kirschvink,Abbas Bahroudi,Abbas Bahroudi +5 more
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In this article, the authors studied the transition from passive margin to foreland basin sedimentation in the High Zagros belt to provide chronological constraints on the initial stage of Arabia-Eurasia collision and closure of the Neo-Tethys.About:
This article is published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.The article was published on 2017-11-01. It has received 97 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Foreland basin & Forebulge.read more
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Timing of the Arabia-Eurasia continental collision—Evidence from detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Red Bed Series strata of the northwest Zagros hinterland, Kurdistan region of Iraq
TL;DR: In this paper, Detrital zircon (DZ) U-Pb geochronology was used to constrain both the depositional age and the provenance of the Red Bed Series (RBS) and pinpoints the timing of initial arrival of Eurasian sediment on the Arabian plate.
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Cenozoic Exhumation and Foreland Basin Evolution of the Zagros Orogen During the Arabia‐Eurasia Collision, Western Iran
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Evidence for an early-MORB to fore-arc evolution within the Zagros suture zone: Constraints from zircon U Pb geochronology and geochemistry of the Neyriz ophiolite (South Iran)
Iman Monsef,Reza Monsef,João Mata,Zhiyong Zhang,Mortaza Pirouz,Mahnaz Rezaeian,Rasoul Esmaeili,Wenjiao Xiao +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, Neyriz ophiolite has been shown to have formed from the Neo-Tethyan intra-oceanic subduction system and preserves evidence of the evolution from an early-MORB oceanic crust to an extending fore-arc basin during subduction rollback processes.
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Folding, thrusting and diapirism: Competing mechanisms for shaping the structure of the north Dezful Embayment, Zagros, Iran
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the role of salt layers in fold-and-thrust belts by combining field studies and remote sensing mapping, detailed stratigraphy and sedimentology, high-quality seismic data, and step-by-step balanced tectono-sedimentary restorations.
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Multiple exhumation phases in the Central Pontides (N Turkey) : new temporal constraints on Major geodynamic changes associated with the closure of the Neo-Tethys Ocean
Paolo Ballato,Paolo Ballato,Mauricio Parra,Taylor F. Schildgen,István Dunkl,Cengiz Yıldırım,Erman Özsayın,Edward R. Sobel,H. Echtler,Manfred R. Strecker +9 more
TL;DR: The Central Pontides of N Turkey represents a mobile orogenic belt of the southern Eurasian margin that experienced several phases of exhumation associated with the consumption of different branches of the Neo-Tethys Ocean and the amalgamation of continental domains.
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