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Tectonics of the zagros orogenic belt of iran - new data and interpretations
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The Zagros orogenic belt of Iran is the result of the opening and closure of the Neo-Tethys oceanic realm, and consists, from northeast to southwest, of three parallel tectonic subdivisions: 1) the Urumieh-Dokhtar Magmatic Assemblage; 2. (2) the Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone; and 3. (3) the zagros simply folded belt.About:
This article is published in Tectonophysics.The article was published on 1994-01-30. It has received 1382 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Zagros fold and thrust belt & Fold and thrust belt.read more
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Regional stratigraphy of the Zagros fold-thrust belt of Iran and its proforeland evolution
TL;DR: The latest Neoproterozoic through Phanerozoic stratigraphy of the Zagros fold-thrust belt of Iran has been revised in the light of recent investigations.
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Present‐day crustal deformation and plate kinematics in the Middle East constrained by GPS measurements in Iran and northern Oman
P. Vernant,F. Nilforoushan,Denis Hatzfeld,M. R. Abbassi,Christophe Vigny,Frédéric Masson,Hamid Reza Nankali,Joseph Martinod,A. Ashtiani,Roger Bayer,F. Tavakoli,Jean Chéry +11 more
TL;DR: A network of 27 GPS sites was implemented in Iran and northern Oman to measure displacements in this part of the Alpine-Himalayan mountain belt as mentioned in this paper, and the results of two surveys performed in 1999 September and 2001 October.
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REVEL: A model for Recent plate velocities from space geodesy
TL;DR: In this article, the relative velocities of 19 plates and continental blocks were derived from publicly available space geodetic (primarily GPS) data for the period 1993-2000, including an independent and rigorous estimate for GPS velocity uncertainties to assess plate rigidity and propagate these uncertainties to the velocity estimates.
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Mediterranean extension and the Africa‐Eurasia collision
Laurent Jolivet,Claudio Faccenna +1 more
TL;DR: A number of tectonic events occurred contemporaneously in the Mediterranean region and the Middle East 30-25 Myr ago as discussed by the authors, which are contemporaneous to or immediately followed a strong reduction of the northward absolute motion of Africa.
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Convergence history across Zagros (Iran): constraints from collisional and earlier deformation
TL;DR: In this paper, the main Zagros orogen is shown to be deeply rooted, possibly to Moho depths, and the suture zone effectively runs along the MZT.
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TL;DR: In this paper, maps of the paleography of Iran are presented to summarize and review the geological evolution of the Iranian region since late Precambrian time on the basis of the data presented in this way reconstructions of the region have been prepared that take account of the known major movements of continental masses.
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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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Plate Tectonics and the Evolution of the Alpine System
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Dynamics of orogenic wedges and the uplift of high-pressure metamorphic rocks
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors model a sink-shaped continua with a rigid buttress behind and a subducting litho-spheric slab beneath, where the gravity forces generated by the wedge geometry balance the traction exerted on its underside by the sink.