The origin and life cycle of ocean islands have been debated since the early days of Geology. In the case of the Canary archipelago, its proximity to the Atlas orogen led to initial fracture-controlled models for island genesis, while later workers cited a Miocene-Quaternary east-west age-progression to support an underlying mantle-plume. The recent discovery of submarine Cretaceous volcanic ro...

between the lower and upper cretaceous there were some diastrophic movements, belonging to the austrain phase. these movements, which can be traced in many parts of north and central iran, caused extensive precenomanian erosion. even in southwest iran a wide spread discontinuity is reported at the base of the kazhdumi formation, which is possibly related to these movements. in the kopet - dagh ...

Pliosaurids were a long-lived and cosmopolitan group of marine predators that spanned 110 million years and occupied the upper tiers of marine ecosystems from the Middle Jurassic until the early Late Cretaceous. A well-preserved giant pliosaurid skull from the Late Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation of Dorset, United Kingdom, represents a new species, Pliosaurus kevani. This specimen is describ...

Brachiopod faunas from the Aptian- Cenomanian Vezk section in southwesternIran comprise ten species in six genera, namely Sellithyris cenomanensis, Sellithyris tornacensis, Sellithyris phaseolina, Phaseolina phaseolina, Tropeothyris sp., Concinnithyris subundata, Kingena arenosa, Cyclothyris difformis, Cyclothyris sp. and Cyclothyris compressa. All species are recorded for the first time from t...

Sediments of Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous age, overlying a continental gneissic basement, were sampled in fifteen cores at Site 330, Falkland Plateau. Thin limestone bands occur at intervals throughout much of the succession represented by Cores 3 through 14. Many of the limestones, which vary in thickness from two or three centimeters to several tens of centimeters, are characterized by s...

Docodonts are aMesozoicmammal group (Synapsida:Mammaliaformes) with a fossil record from theMiddle Jurassic to the late Early Cretaceous. With highly distinctive molars for both shearing and grinding functions, docodonts are inferred to have diverse dietary adaptations, including insectivory, omnivory, and even carnivory. This group also offers the earliest-known case of mammalian swimming adap...

The Blue Nile Basin, situated in the Northwestern Ethiopian Plateau, contains 1400 m thick Mesozoic sedimentary section underlain by Neoproterozoic basement rocks and overlain by Early–Late Oligocene and Quaternary volcanic rocks. This study outlines the stratigraphic and structural evolution of the Blue Nile Basin based on field and remote sensing studies along the Gorge of the Nile. The Blue ...

hired is a large gold prospecting area which is located in south khorasan province, in the east of iran. gold mineralization is found in 4 target areas covering about 24 km2. the host rocks are mainly tertiary volcanics, some jurassic and cretaceous sediments. sub-volcanic rocks are of magnetite series (gabbros to diorite) and ilmenite series (granite-granodiorite-monzonite) which have intruded...