South Caspian to Central Iran BasinsMarie-Franc̦oise Brunet, Markus Wilmsen, James W. Granath This book combines interdisciplinary research results using structural geology, geophysics, sedimentology, stratigraphy, palaeontology, palaeomagnetism and subsidence modelling obtained through the MEBE (Middle East Basins Evolution) Programme and other groups in the South Caspian and Northern and Central Iran. A great part of the volume is devoted to Northern Iran (Alborz, Binalud and Koppeh Dagh belts), dealing mainly with the Late Palaeozoic and the Mesozoic Eras. Two papers present subsidence models of the South Caspian Basin since the Jurassic and three papers focus on Central Iran. The data and models in this compilation of papers present a detailed picture and a very comprehensive understanding of the Late Palaeozoic to Cenozoic evolution of the South Caspian and North Iran to Central Iran basins. Geodynamic evolution and sedimentation are mainly controlled by the closure of the Palaeo-Tethys due to collision of Eocimmerian blocks with south Laurasia, opening of the South Caspian Basin, and Neo-Tethys ocean closure associated with Arabia-Eurasia collision. |
Contents
ZANCHI A Zanchetta S Berra F Mattei M GarzANTI E MOLYNEUX S | 31 |
a | 57 |
ANGIOLINI L UENO K NICORA A STEPHENSON M H SCIUNNACH D | 79 |
FÜRSICH F T Wilmsen M SeyeDEMAMI K MAJIDIFARD M R Lithostratigraphy of | 129 |
SHEKARIFARD A BAUDIN F SCHNYDER J SEYEDEMAMI K Characterization of | 161 |
FÜRSICH F T TAHERI J The Shemshak Group LowerMiddle Jurassic of | 175 |
FÜRSICH F T WILMSEN M SEYEDEMAMI K MAJIDIFARD M R The MidCimmerian | 189 |
TAHERI J FÜRSICH F T WILMSEN M Stratigraphy depositional environments and | 205 |
EGAN S S MOSAR J BRUNET M F KANGARLI T Subsidence and uplift mechanisms | 219 |
GREEN T ABDULLAYEV N HOSSACK J RILEY G ROBERTS A M Sedimentation and | 241 |
ZANCHI A ZANCHETTA S GARZANTI E BALINI M BERRA F MATTEI M 261 | 321 |
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Common terms and phrases
Aghdarband Alam Formation Alavi Alborz Mountains ammonoids Anarak Apsheron assemblage Bajocian basal base beds belt Binalud bioclastic bioturbated Biozone bivalves boundary brachiopods BRUNET carbonate Carboniferous Caspian to Central Central Iran Basins Cimmerian conglomerates Cretaceous crust Dagh Dalichai Dansirit Formation deformation deposits Dorud eclogites Ekrasar Elikah Formation Emarat Eo-Cimmerian Esfandiar evolution facies fault fine-grained Fürsich fusulinids geodynamic Geological Society Geological Survey Gondwana Gorgan GRANATH intercalations Iran Iran Plate Jurassic Kashafrud Ladinian Late limestone lower margin Mashad mation Mesozoic metamorphic Mid-Cimmerian Middle Nakhlak Neotethys Nesen northern Iran Olenekian ophiolites orogenic palaeomagnetic Palaeotethys Palaeozoic Parvadeh Parvar Permian Qeshlaq quartz region rocks Ruteh samples sandstones sedimentary sediments sequence Seyed-Emami Shahmirzad shales Shemshak Shemshak Group siliciclastic siltstones South Caspian Basin southern Stampfli stratigraphic structures subsidence succession Survey of Iran Tabas Tabas Block Talesh Tazareh tectonic thick Toyeh Triassic type section unconformity unit Upper volcanic WILMSEN Zanchi