The Pushtashan juvenile suprasubduction zone assemblage of Kurdistan (northeastern Iraq): A Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Neo-Tethys missing link

The Pushtashan suprasubduction zone assemblage of volcanic rocks, gabbros, norites and peridotites occurs in the Zagros suture zone, Kurdistan region, northeastern Iraq. Volcanic rocks are dominant in the assemblage and consist mainly of basalt and basaltic andesite flows with interlayered red shale...

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Main Authors: Sabah A. Ismail, Sarmad A. Ali, Allen P. Nutman, Vickie C. Bennett, Brain G. Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S167498711630158X