Geochronology and tectonic significance of A-type granite from Misho, NW Iran: Implications for the detachment of Cimmeria from Gondwana and the opening of Neo-Tethys
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Jamei, Susan; Ghorbani, Mansour; Jafari, Amin; Williams, Ian; Moayyed, Mohsen
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The Cimmerian Terrane, part of which forms the Central Iranian Plateau, is one of several continental fragments produced during the early- to mid-Palaeozoic breakup of the northern margin of Gondwana. Magmatic evidence for the final separation of the Terrane from Gondwana and formation of the intervening Neo-Tethys Ocean is preserved in the Misho Mountains SW of Marand, NW Iran. A small ((similar to)30 km(2)) body of subalkaline granite intruding Precambrian sedimentary rocks of the Kahar...[Show more]
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Date published: | 2021 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/292215 |
Source: | Geological Journal |
DOI: | 10.1002/gj.4236 |
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