S U M M A R Y The Upper Carboniferous-Lower Triassic Pyongan Supergroup is exposed in an E-W trending syncline comprising the Samcheok Coalfield in eastern South Korea; it borders the southern margin of a NE-SW trending (Okcheon) zone of Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous deformation (Daebo Orogeny). Although a Recent field overprint widely recorded in Korean rocks is represented here, an ancient ...

the study area is located in the northeast of iran. miankuhi formation is 500m thick and comprises homogeneous shales, brown granular sandstone and siltstone. in this study, 45 samples were taken from miankuhi shales and sandstones in order to determine their tectonic origin by using a polarizing microscope. samples were analysed by x-ray fluorescence (xrf) method to determine their chemical co...

Located at the westernmost tip of Mediterranean, Gibraltar Arc is a segment Alpine belt that exhibits peridotite massifs associated with high-grade crustal metamorphic units. The timing and mechanisms exhumation these crust–mantle associations are still debated in Rif Morocco as well Betic Cordilleras Spain. A structural, petrographic, geochronological study ( 40 Ar– 39 Ar method) performed Ben...