Geodynamic evolution of Upper Cretaceous Zagros ophiolites: Formation of oceanic lithosphere above a nascent subduction zone

Geological Magazine

Volumn 148, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 762-801

  Shafaii Moghadam, Hadi ^a   Stern, Robert J ^b  

^a DAMGHAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

fore arc; Iran; Late Cretaceous; ophiolites; subduction; Tethys; Zagros

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CALCIUM OXIDE; LIME; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

FORE-ARC; IRAN; LATE CRETACEOUS; OPHIOLITES; SUBDUCTION; TETHYS; ZAGROS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARABIAN PLATE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; EURASIAN PLATE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEODYNAMICS; LIMESTONE; MAGMATISM; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE; OROGENIC BELT; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TETHYS;

CYPRUS; IRAN; OMAN; STRAIT OF HORMUZ; TURKEY; ZAGROS;

EID: 80054881134     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811000410     Document Type: Article

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