Continental lithosphere of the Arabian Plate: A geologic, petrologic, and geophysical synthesis

Stern, Robert J.; Johnson, Peter R.

doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.01.002

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“…The Central Oman Mountains constitute an integral part of the continental Arabian plate (Searle and Cox, 1999) which stretches from the Gulf of Aden spreading axis, to the Red sea spreading centre, the Zagros-Biltis suture and to the Owen fracture zone (Stern and Johnson, 2010) in the east. The lithological succession in the Oman…”

Section: Geologic Setting Depositional and Structural Characteristicsmentioning

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Relationship between karstification and burial dolomitization in Permian platform carbonates (Lower Khuff — Oman)

Beckert

Vandeginste

John

2016

Sedimentary Geology

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Please cite this article as: Beckert, Julia, Vandeginste, Veerle, John, Cédric M., Relationship between karstification and burial dolomitization in Permian platform carbonates (Lower Khuff -Oman), Sedimentary Geology (2016Geology ( ), doi: 10.1016Geology ( /j.sedgeo.2016 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.

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Relationship between karstification and burial dolomitization in Permian platform carbonates (Lower Khuff — Oman)

Beckert

Vandeginste

John

2016

Sedimentary Geology

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“…He associated this with Africa having been nearly at rest with respect to some part of the underlying mantle, and that the observed topography reflected circulation patterns within the mantle (Burke and Wilson 1972;McKenzie and Camp and Roobol (1992), Coleman (1993), Chazot et al (1998), Ilani et al (2001), and Szymanski (2013). Map is modified from Chazot et al (1998) and Stern and Johnson (2010). Ogaden and Marda region basalts in eastern Ethiopia are from Mège et al (2015).…”

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Early magmatism in the greater Red Sea rift: timing and significance

Bosworth¹,

Stöckli

2016

Can. J. Earth Sci.

105

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Throughout the greater Red Sea rift system the initial late Cenozoic syn-rift strata and extensional faulting are closely associated with alkali basaltic volcanism. Older stratigraphic units are either pre-rift or deposited during pre-rupture mechanical weakening of the lithosphere. The East African superplume appeared in northeast Africa ϳ46 Ma but was not accompanied by any significant extensional faulting. Continental rifting began in the eastern and central Gulf of Aden at ϳ31-30 Ma coeval with the onset of continental flood volcanism in northern Ethiopia, Eritrea, and western Yemen. Volcanism appeared soon after at Derudeb in southern Sudan and at Harrats Hadan and As Sirat in Saudi Arabia. From ϳ26.5 to 25 Ma a new phase of volcanism began with the intrusion of a dike field reaching southeast of Afar into the Ogaden. At 24-23 Ma dikes were emplaced nearly simultaneously north of Afar and reached over 2000 km into northern Egypt. The dike event linked Afar to the smaller Cairo mini-plume and corresponds to initiation of lithospheric extension and rupture in the central and northern Red Sea and Gulf of Suez. By ϳ21 Ma the dike intrusions along the entire length of the Red Sea were completed. Each episodic enlargement of the greater Red Sea rift system was triggered and facilitated by breakthrough of mantle-derived plumes. However, the absence of any volumetrically significant rift-related volcanism during the main phase of Miocene central and northern Red Sea -Gulf of Suez rifting supports the interpretation that plate-boundary forces likely drove overall separation of Arabia from Africa.Résumé : Dans l'ensemble du grand système du rift de la mer Rouge, les strates initiales syn-rifting et l'extension par failles d'âge cénozoïque tardif sont étroitement associées à un volcanisme basaltique alcalin. Les unités stratigraphiques plus anciennes précèdent la formation du rift ou ont été déposées durant l'affaiblissement mécanique de la lithosphère qui a précédé la rupture. Le superpanache est-africain est apparu dans le nord-est de l'Afrique à ϳ46 Ma, mais n'était pas accompagné d'une importante déformation par failles. Le rifting continental a commencé dans l'est et le centre du golfe d'Aden à ϳ31-30 Ma, en même temps que le début du volcanisme continental de plateau dans le nord de l'Éthiopie, en Érythrée et dans l'ouest du Yémen. Le volcanisme est apparu peu après à Derudeb, dans le sud du Soudan, et aux Harrats Hadan et As Sirat, en Arabie saoudite. À partir de ϳ26,5-25 Ma, une nouvelle phase de volcanisme a débuté avec l'intrusion d'un essaim de dykes allant du sud-est d'Afar jusque dans l'Ogaden. À 24-23 Ma, des dykes ont été mis en place presque simultanément au nord d'Afar et s'étalant sur plus de 2000 km jusque dans le nord de l'Égypte. L'intrusion de dykes a relié Afar au mini-panache plus petit du Caire et correspond au début de la distension et de la rupture lithosphériques dans le centre et le nord de la mer Rouge et le golfe de Suez. À ϳ21 Ma, l'intrusion de dykes sur toute la longueur de ...

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“…Neotethys 2 became more narrow in the Paleocene and Neotethys 1 was completely closed (Ghebreab 1998;Stern and Johnson 2010;Johnson et al 2011). The Azerbaijan Block (Didon and Gemain 1976) moved north-northeastward, forming the Kurdamir Uplift (Fig.…”

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Role of the Allahyarlu ophiolite in the tectonic evolution of NW Iran and adjacent areas (Late Carboniferous — Recent)

Ajirlu¹,

Moazzen²

2014

Central European Geology

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Continental lithosphere of the Arabian Plate: A geologic, petrologic, and geophysical synthesis

Cited by 584 publications

References 154 publications

Relationship between karstification and burial dolomitization in Permian platform carbonates (Lower Khuff — Oman)

Relationship between karstification and burial dolomitization in Permian platform carbonates (Lower Khuff — Oman)

Early magmatism in the greater Red Sea rift: timing and significance

Role of the Allahyarlu ophiolite in the tectonic evolution of NW Iran and adjacent areas (Late Carboniferous — Recent)

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