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Structure and evolution of the passive margin of the eastern tethys
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An extensive passive margin was formed in the Triassic along the periphery of Arabia, including the Tauric carbonate platform as discussed by the authors, which is related to the opening of the Mesozoic Tethys when a number of microcontinents split off from Gondwana.About:
This article is published in Tectonophysics.The article was published on 1986-03-15. It has received 68 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Continental margin & Continental shelf.read more
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Geological evolution of the tethys belt from the atlantic to the pamirs since the LIAS
J. Dercourt,L.P. Zonenshain,L. E. Ricou,V. G. Kazmin,X. Le Pichon,A. L. Knipper,C. Grandjacquet,I.M. Sbortshikov,J. Geyssant,Claude Lepvrier,D.H. Pechersky,J. Boulin,Jean-Claude Sibuet,L. A. Savostin,O. Sorokhtin,M. Westphal,Mikhail L. Bazhenov,J. P. Lauer,B. Biju-Duval +18 more
TL;DR: In this article, the evolution of the Tethys belt from the Pliensbachian (190 Ma) to the Tortonian (10 Ma) is depicted at 1 20,000,000 scale.
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Cretaceous–Tertiary convergence and continental collision, Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone, western Iran
TL;DR: The Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone contains the metamorphic core of the Zagros continental collision zone in western Iran as discussed by the authors, and the zone has been subdivided into the following from southwest to northeast: an outer belt of imbricate thrust slices (radiolarite, Bisotun, ophiolite and marginal sub-zones, which consist of Mesozoic deep-marine sediments, shallow-marine carbonates, oceanic crust and volcanic arc, respectively) and an inner complexly deformed sub-zone (late Palaeozo
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Structural framework of the Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt, Iran
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used data gleaned from the literature on the Zagros have been compiled and used in conjunction with new interpretations to provide a better picture of the structures, sedimentation history and deformation of this hydrocarbon rich Mountain Belt.
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Senonian basin inversion and rejuvenation of rifting in Africa and Arabia: synthesis and implications to plate-scale tectonics
René Guiraud,William Bosworth +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the Santonian compressional event, which occurred during the late Santonian tectonism, and interpret these phenomena as causally related aspects of a global tectonic event.
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Tethys reconstructed : plates, continental fragments and their Boundaries since 260 Ma from Central America to South-eastern Asia.
TL;DR: The evolution of the former Tethys ocean in terms of successive positions of the involved plates, their boundaries, and the oceanic and continental elements they bore is described in this paper.
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Geological evolution of the tethys belt from the atlantic to the pamirs since the LIAS
J. Dercourt,L.P. Zonenshain,L. E. Ricou,V. G. Kazmin,X. Le Pichon,A. L. Knipper,C. Grandjacquet,I.M. Sbortshikov,J. Geyssant,Claude Lepvrier,D.H. Pechersky,J. Boulin,Jean-Claude Sibuet,L. A. Savostin,O. Sorokhtin,M. Westphal,Mikhail L. Bazhenov,J. P. Lauer,B. Biju-Duval +18 more
TL;DR: In this article, the evolution of the Tethys belt from the Pliensbachian (190 Ma) to the Tortonian (10 Ma) is depicted at 1 20,000,000 scale.
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Introduction: aspects of the geological evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean
TL;DR: In this paper, a new model of ophiolite genesis by asymmetrical spreading-ridge collapse was proposed to explain both arc-like ophiola chemistry prior to major volcanic arc edifice construction, and the synchroneity of sub-ophiolite metamorphic sole formation with Atlantic opening phases.
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Possible Ancient Continental Margins in Iran
TL;DR: In this article, the ophiolites of the Alpine folded region of Iran are examined as an indication of the extent of ancient oceanic realms bordered by ancient continental margins, and the possibility of these four zones marking former continental margins is checked against the background of the general structural evolution of Iran.
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Passive margins: A model of formation
TL;DR: In this paper, the stretching model of McKenzie is applied to the formation of passive continental margins, assuming local isostatic equilibrium, and its fit to the IPOD data on the Armorican and Galicia continental margins of the northeast Atlantic is discussed.