Zagros orogeny: a subduction-dominated process

• Published in: Geological magazine Vol. 148; no. 5-6; pp. 692 - 725
• Main Authors: AGARD, P., OMRANI, J., JOLIVET, L., WHITECHURCH, H., VRIELYNCK, B., SPAKMAN, W., MONIÉ, P., MEYER, B., WORTEL, R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.11.2011; Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Subjects: Arabian Plate; Asia; basin analysis; basins; blueschist facies; Boundary conditions; Cretaceous; deformation; Earth Sciences; Elburz; Environmental Sciences; Eocene; Eurasian Plate; facies; foreland basins; Geochemistry; geodynamics; geophysical methods; geophysical surveys; Geophysics; Global Changes; gravity methods; Iran; island arcs; kinematics; Kopet-Dag Range; lithosphere; lithostratigraphy; magmatism; Mesozoic; metamorphic rocks; Middle East; neotectonics; obduction; Oligocene; orogenic belts; Orogeny; P-T conditions; P-T-t paths; Paleoceanography; Paleocene; paleogeography; petrology; plate convergence; Plate tectonics; reconstruction; Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone; Sciences of the Universe; Seismology; slabs; solid Earth (tectonophysics); Structural geology; subduction; surveys; suture zones; Tectonics; Tethys; Urumieh-Dokhtar Arc; Zagros; subduction; geodynamics; slab break-off; arc magmatism; Zagros; orogeny; obduction

This paper presents a synthetic view of the geodynamic evolution of the Zagros orogen within the frame of the Arabia–Eurasia collision. The Zagros orogen and the Iranian plateau preserve a record of the long-standing convergence history between Eurasia and Arabia across the Neo-Tethys, from subducti...