U-Pb ZIRCON DATING OF MIDDLE EOCENE CLASTIC ROCKS FROM THE GERCUS MOLASSE, NE IRAQ: NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THEIR PROVENANCE, AND TECTONIC EVOLUTION
The provenance of Middle Eocene clastic rock from the Gercus Molasse, NE Iraq was determined by detrital zircon (DZ) U-Pb geochronology. The Gercus Molasse in the Iraqi segment of the north-eastern Zagros Thrust Zone provides an ideal example of foreland system evolution with respect to the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Union of Iraqi Geologists (UIG)
2021-03-01
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Series: | Iraqi Geological Journal |
Online Access: | http://igj-iraq.org/igj/index.php/igj/article/view/336 |