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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Main Author: Aziz, Nabaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Union of Iraqi Geologists (UIG) 2021-03-01
Series:Iraqi Geological Journal
Online Access:http://igj-iraq.org/igj/index.php/igj/article/view/336

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