Paleo-Tethys subduction induced slab-drag opening the Neo-Tethys: Evidence from an Iranian segment of Gondwana

First evidence of eclogites overprinted by ultrahigh temperature metamorphism in Everest East, Himalaya: Implications for collisional tectonics on early Earth

(2021) Jia-Min Wang et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Gulf of Aden spreading does not conform to triple-junction formation

(2021) Khalid A. Almalki et al.   GEOLOGY

Tidal modulation of plate motions

(2020) Davide Zaccagnino et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

On the cause of continental breakup: A simple analysis in terms of driving mechanisms of plate tectonics and mantle plumes

(2020) Yaoling Niu   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

Long-lived seamount subduction in ancient orogens: Evidence from the Paleozoic South Tianshan

(2020) Bo Wan et al.   GEOLOGY

Izanagi-Pacific ridge subduction revealed by a 56 to 46 Ma magmatic gap along the northeast Asian margin

(2019) Jeremy Tsung-Jui Wu et al.   GEOLOGY

Cyclical one-way continental rupture-drift in the Tethyan evolution: Subduction-driven plate tectonics

(2019) Bo Wan et al.   Science China-Earth Sciences

Subduction re-initiation at dying ridge of Neo-Tethys: Insights from mafic and metamafic rocks in Lhaze ophiolitic mélange, Yarlung-Tsangbo Suture Zone

(2019) Chang Zhang et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb and Hf isotope for granitoids, NW Sanandaj-Sirjan zone, Iran: Implications for Mesozoic-Cenozoic episodic magmatism during Neo-Tethyan lithospheric subduction

(2018) Zhiyong Zhang et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Ridge subduction and slab windows in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Tectonic implications for the evolution of an accretionary orogen

(2018) Brian F. Windley et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

IsoplotR : A free and open toolbox for geochronology

(2018) Pieter Vermeesch   Geoscience Frontiers

The subduction plate interface: Rock record and mechanical coupling (from long to short time scales)

(2018) P. Agard et al.   LITHOS

Contrasting subduction–exhumation paths in the blueschists of the Anarak Metamorphic Complex (Central Iran)

(2017) S. ZANCHETTA et al.   GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE

Zircon Hf isotopic constraints on magmatic and tectonic evolution in Iran: Implications for crustal growth in the Tethyan orogenic belt

(2017) Han-Yi Chiu et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

Early Carboniferous subduction-zone metamorphism preserved within the Palaeo-Tethyan Rasht ophiolites (western Alborz, Iran)

(2017) Federico Rossetti et al.   JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

In-situ zircon U-Pb age and Hf-O isotopic constraints on the origin of the Hasan-Robat A-type granite from Sanandaj–Sirjan zone, Iran: implications for reworking of Cadomian arc igneous rocks

(2017) Maryam Honarmand et al.   MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY

Tectonic significance of Triassic mafic rocks in the June Complex, Sanandaj–Sirjan zone, Iran

(2017) Farzaneh Shakerardakani et al.   Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Oblique convergence during the Cimmerian collision: Evidence from the Triassic Aghdarband Basin, NE Iran

(2016) Andrea Zanchi et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Subduction controls the distribution and fragmentation of Earth’s tectonic plates

(2016) Claire Mallard et al.   NATURE

Devonian to Permian evolution of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean: New evidence from U–Pb zircon dating and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopes of the Darrehanjir–Mashhad “ophiolites”, NE Iran

(2015) Hadi Shafaii Moghadam et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

The deep structure of the Iranian Plateau

(2015) K. Motaghi et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of Late Carboniferous A-type granites and gabbronorites in NW Iran: Geochronological and geochemical constraints

(2015) Hadi Shafaii Moghadam et al.   LITHOS

Neoproterozoic continental arc volcanism at the northern edge of the Arabian Plate, SE Turkey

(2015) Semih Gürsu et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Panafrican basement and Mesozoic gabbro in the Zagros orogenic belt in the Dorud–Azna region (NW Iran): Laser-ablation ICP–MS zircon ages and geochemistry

(2015) Farzaneh Shakerardakani et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

A review of Wilson Cycle plate margins: A role for mantle plumes in continental break-up along sutures?

(2014) Susanne J.H. Buiter et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Ophiolites of Iran: Keys to understanding the tectonic evolution of SW Asia: (I) Paleozoic ophiolites

(2014) Hadi Shafaii Moghadam et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

Shallow-depth melt eduction due to ridge subduction: LA-ICPMS U-Pb igneous and detrital zircon ages from the Chile Triple Junction and the Taitao Peninsula, Chilean Patagonia

(2013) RYO ANMA et al.   GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

The record of the Late Palaeozoic active margin of the Palaeotethys in NE Iran: Constraints on the Cimmerian orogeny

(2013) S. Zanchetta et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Metamorphic history of glaucophane-paragonite-zoisite eclogites from the Shanderman area, northern Iran

(2013) H. Omrani et al.   JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY

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

(2013) David M. Buchs et al.   LITHOS

Zircon U–Pb age constraints from Iran on the magmatic evolution related to Neotethyan subduction and Zagros orogeny

(2013) Han-Yi Chiu et al.   LITHOS

Geochronology and petrology of the Early Carboniferous Misho Mafic Complex (NW Iran), and implications for the melt evolution of Paleo-Tethyan rifting in Western Cimmeria

(2013) Emilio Saccani et al.   LITHOS

A Precambrian microcontinent in the Indian Ocean

(2013) Trond H. Torsvik et al.   Nature Geoscience

Campaign-style titanite U–Pb dating by laser-ablation ICP: Implications for crustal flow, phase transformations and titanite closure

(2012) K.J. Spencer et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Phanerozoic polar wander, palaeogeography and dynamics

(2012) Trond H. Torsvik et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200Ma

(2012) M. Seton et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Geochemistry and petrology of the Kermanshah ophiolites (Iran): Implication for the interaction between passive rifting, oceanic accretion, and OIB-type components in the Southern Neo-Tethys Ocean

(2012) Emilio Saccani et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Building the Zagros collisional orogen: Timing, strain distribution and the dynamics of Arabia/Eurasia plate convergence

(2012) F. Mouthereau et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Aegean tectonics: Strain localisation, slab tearing and trench retreat

(2012) Laurent Jolivet et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

The ‘subduction initiation rule’: a key for linking ophiolites, intra-oceanic forearcs, and subduction initiation

(2011) Scott A. Whattam et al.   CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY

Mantle conveyor beneath the Tethyan collisional belt

(2011) Thorsten W. Becker et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Zagros orogeny: a subduction-dominated process

(2011) P. AGARD et al.   GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE

No link between the Panjal Traps (Kashmir) and the Late Permian mass extinctions

(2011) J. G. Shellnutt et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

An improved and extended internally consistent thermodynamic dataset for phases of petrological interest, involving a new equation of state for solids

(2011) T. J. B. HOLLAND et al.   JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY

Geochemistry and zircon geochronology of the Permian A-type Hasanrobat granite, Sanandaj–Sirjan belt: A new record of the Gondwana break-up in Iran

(2011) Saeed Alirezaei et al.   LITHOS

Fusulinids and stratigraphy of the Carboniferous and Permian in Iran

(2011) E. Ja. Leven et al.   STRATIGRAPHY AND GEOLOGICAL CORRELATION

A Paleogene extensional arc flare-up in Iran

(2011) Charles Verdel et al.   TECTONICS

SIMS U–Pb rutile age of low-temperature eclogites from southwestern Chinese Tianshan, NW China

(2010) Qiu-li Li et al.   LITHOS

Late Permian lamprophyric magmatism in North-East of Isfahan Province, Iran: A mark of rifting in the Gondwanaland

(2009) Ghodrat Torabi   COMPTES RENDUS GEOSCIENCE

The geodynamic equation of state: What and how

(2009) J. A. D. Connolly   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Exhumation of oceanic blueschists and eclogites in subduction zones: Timing and mechanisms

(2008) P. Agard et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

U-Pb zircon geochronology of late Neoproterozoic–Early Cambrian granitoids in Iran: Implications for paleogeography, magmatism, and exhumation history of Iranian basement

(2008) Jamshid Hassanzadeh et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

The Anarak, Jandaq and Posht-e-Badam metamorphic complexes in central Iran: New geological data, relationships and tectonic implications

(2008) Sasan Bagheri et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS