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Paleozoic to Triassic ocean opening and closure preserved in Central Iran: Constraints from the geochemistry of meta-igneous rocks of the Anarak area

Date

Authors

Buchs, David

Bagheri, Sasan

Martin, Laure

Hermann, Joerg

Arculus, Richard

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

The Anarak area belongs to an ophiolitic belt along the northern border of the Central-East Iranian Microcontinent, and is thought to contain fragments of the former Paleotethys and Neotethys oceans. A wide range of meta-igneous rocks from the Late Paleoz

Keywords

Keywords: accretionary prism; continental collision; geochemistry; metaigneous rock; paleoceanography; Paleozoic; petrography; plate tectonics; subduction; suture zone; tectonic evolution; tectonic setting; Tethys; Triassic; Iran Accretionary complex; Central Iran; Paleotethys; Subduction; Wilson Cycle

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72861

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Lithos

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.lithos.2013.02.009

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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