The Kızıldağ (Hatay) ophiolite in southern Turkey represents a complete, although fault-dissected, remnant of oceanic lithosphere that formed within the South Tethyan ocean during late Cretaceous. forms part Upper Cretaceous belt which includes Troodos (Cyprus), Baer-Bassit (Syria), Amanos (S Tukey), S Iran and Semail (Oman) ophiolites. Ion-probe (SIMS) dating seven samples crustal rocks (cumul...

the oligocene-miocene granitic rocks of deh siahan, part of central iranian volcanic belt, are intruded into eocene volcano-sedimentary complex where their contact is marked by albite-epidote hornblende hornfels facies and granitic apophyses. the granitic rocks show enhanced lil element abundances and low hfs/lil ratios. geochemical data, various trace element discriminant diagrams, enhanced y/...

Abstract. Recognition of a new angular unconformity and the synthesis detrital zircon U–Pb (U–Th) / He provenance records, including double dating, from NW Zagros region elucidate basin dynamics foreland wedge-top intermontane units, as well tectonic processes in source terranes response to different geodynamic phases. In this contribution, we present field observations data hinterland basins r...

in order to investigate deformation history preserved in the calcite twins in the hinterland of zagros, several samples have been collected from calcschists of the paleozoic sargaz complex in the faryab area, se iran. these samples are related to f1-recumbent folding and thrust shear zones. the twin width is about 1 and 3.8 µm (thin-twin regime); the twin strain amounts 5 and 10%; twin intensit...

The Sistan orogen (Eastern Iran) separates the Afghan and Lut continental blocks stretches along ?700 km from north to south, at a high angle with respect other, dominantly E-W trending Alpine-Himalayan orogens. This study reappraises tectono-metamorphic evolution of northern part orogen, as well its significance within Neotethyan realm. Detailed inspection ophiolite indicates that Ocean was sl...

the lut block in eastern iran is a micro-continental block within the convergent orogen between the arabian, eurasian and indian plates. large areas of the north-central, eastern, and western lut block are covered by volcanic rocks of paleogene, neogene and quaternary age.  peak volcanic activity took place in the north-central part of the lut block during the eocene, and then dramatically decr...

Abstract The initiation of continental rifting from the latest Early Triassic was reconstructed by correlation sedimentary formations deposited in western end Neotethys (in Dinaric–Alpine oceanic branch). shallow-marine and basinal strata Silica Nappes Bódvarákó Series Torna Nappe (located southern part Inner Western Carpathians) were studied compared to successions described Alps, Carpathians ...

• The Crimean Mtns (CM) are divided into two parts by a NW-SE oriented main fault zone. Two systems of E-W and faults were reactivated since the Cretaceous. structures control Cenozoic inversion CM. model shows major role indenter during inversion. This paper presents chronology tectonic events in Mountains based on micro- (palaeo-stress) macro-scale (tectonic structures) structural analysis Re...