Provenance of Tanjero and Red Bed clastic sedimentary rocks revealed by detrital zircon SHRIMP dating, Kurdistan region, NE Iraq: Constraints on ocean closure and unroofing of Neo-Tethyan allochthons
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2020.103981
Abstract: Abstract Closure of Neo-Tethys between the Late Cretaceous and Miocene caused obduction of intra-Neo-Tethys volcanic arc allochthons onto the northern margin of the Arabian-Nubian Shield. This loading led to downwarping of the shield forming a… read more here.
Keywords: zircon; tanjero formation; closure; neo tethys ... See more keywords