In this study, four well-exposed outcrops of the Asmari Fm in the southeastern part of the Izeh Zone of the Zagros Mountains were measured and sampled. In this region, the Asmari Fm is Oligocene to Early Miocene in age as determined by large benthic foraminifera. Based on depositional geometries, biogenic contents and lateral and vertical variations of facies, three depositional models are prop...

The Ghohroud granitoids (GG), containing mafic microgranular enclaves (MMEs) are located in the central part of Urumieh-Dokhtar Magmatic Arc (UDMA) Iran. They associated with subduction-related magmatism Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt. GG comprised a variety intermediate and felsic rocks, including tonalite, granodiorite, granite, diorite porphyry monzodiorite. MMEs gabbroic tonalite compositio...

The widely debated late Oligocene-middle Miocene Numidian Fm (NF) consists of supermature quartzose sediments deposited in the Maghrebian Flysch Basin (MFB) outcropping from Betic Cordillera to Southern Apennine passing by Chain. NF is commonly composed three lithostratigraphic members and characterized two vertical successions (Type A Type B) corresponding different sedimentation areas MFB. It...

Abstract The early exhumation history of the Tauern Window in European Eastern Alps and its surface expression is poorly dated quantified, partly because thermochronological provenance information are sparse from Upper Austrian Northern Alpine Foreland Basin. For first time, we combine a single‐grain double‐dating approach (Apatite Fission Track U‐Pb dating) with trace‐element geochemistry anal...

In this study, two new climofunctions based on major elements are proposed from the study of 28 modern alluvial soils with pedogenic carbonate NE Spain. The first climofunction relates a base ratio (CaO, K2O) to mean annual temperature (MAT), and second one clayeness (Al2O3/SiO2) precipitation (MAP). both climofunctions, use parent material as normalizer gave best results, taking into account n...

A new and precisely defined chronometric subdivision of the Badenian (Middle Miocene, regional stage of Central Paratethys) is proposed. This uses global events, mainly geomagnetic polarity reversals as correlated chronometric boundaries, supported by climatic and sea-level changes in addition to isotope events and biostratigraphic data. The Karpatian/ Badenian boundary lies at 16.303 Ma, at th...