@article{MesbahiMohajjelOberhaenslietal.2017,
  author    = {Mesbahi, Fatemeh and Mohajjel, Mohammad and Oberh{\"a}nsli, Roland and Moazzen, Mohsen},
  title     = {The mafic rocks along the North Tabriz Fault, possible remnants of Neo-Tethys oceanic crust in NW Iran},
  series = {Geopersia},
  volume    = {7},
  journal   = {Geopersia},
  publisher = {Graduate Faculty of Environment, University of Theran},
  address   = {Tehran},
  issn      = {2228-7817},
  doi       = {10.22059/geope.2017.232747.648323},
  pages     = {301 -- 311},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {The North Tabriz Fault is seismologically an active fault with current right lateral strike-slip movements. Restricted mafic to intermediate Fate Cretaceous igneous rocks are exposed along the North Tabriz Fault. Whole rock and clinopyroxene phenocrysts geochemistry were studied in order to characterize the petrogenesis of these mafic rocks and their possible relation to an oceanic crust. The results indicate a tholeiitic parental magma that formed in an evolved mid-ocean ridge tectonic setting similar to the Iceland mid-Atlantic ridge basalts. The ocean floor basalt characteristics give evidence of an oceanic crust along the North Tabriz Fault. Therefore, the trend of the North Tabriz Fault more likely marks a suture zone related to the closure of a branch of the Neo-Tethys Ocean in the NW Iran. This fault, in addition to the Caucasus and Zagros suture zones, compensates an important part of the convergence between the Arabian and Eurasian plates resulting from the Red Sea divergence. It is concluded that the North Tabriz Fault appears to be possible southeastern continuation of the North Anatolian suture zone.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{CausFrijiaParenteetal.2016,
  author    = {Caus, Esmeralda and Frijia, Gianluca and Parente, Mariano and Robles-Salcedo, Raquel and Villalonga, Raquel},
  title     = {Constraining the age of the last marine sediments in the late Cretaceous of central south Pyrenees (NE Spain): Insights from larger benthic foraminifera and strontium isotope stratigraphy},
  series = {Cretaceous research},
  volume    = {57},
  journal   = {Cretaceous research},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {London},
  issn      = {0195-6671},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.cretres.2015.05.012},
  pages     = {402 -- 413},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {The uppermost Cretaceous (upper Campanian-Maastrichtian) marine deposits of the central south Pyrenees host a rich larger benthic foraminiferal fauna and several rudist-rich levels. These marine deposits are directly overlain by the continental facies of the Aren and Tremp Formations, which are famous for their fossil dinosaur remains. Larger benthic foraminiferal distribution documents an important faunal turnover in all the carbonate platform environments within the photic zone, from open marine to littoral areas. Biostratigraphy indicates that this turnover occurred close to the Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary. This is also confirmed by strontium isotope stratigraphy which indicates an earliest Maastrichtian age for the appearance of the larger benthic foraminiferal assemblage constituted by Lepidorbitoides socialis, Clypeorbis mammillata, Wannierina cataluniensis, Orbitoides gruenbachensis, Siderolites aff. calcitrapoides, Fascispira colomi, Omphalocyclus macroporus and Laffiteina mengaudi. In particular, a numerical age of 71 Ma is obtained for the Hippurites radiosus level, just a few meters below the first continental deposits of the Aren sensu stricto Formation. The youngest marine sediments of the central south Pyrenees are early Maastrichtian in age. This is also an important constraint for the age of the end-Cretaceous dinosaur fossil localities of the Tremp basin. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OgasawaraFukuyamaHorieetal.2013,
  author    = {Ogasawara, Masatsugu and Fukuyama, Mayuko and Horie, Kenji and Sumii, Tomoaki and Takehara, Mami and Sudo, Masafumi},
  title     = {SHRIMP U-Pb age of SoriZ93 zircon from the Sori Granodiorite, Northeast Japan: a potential reference zircon of Late Cretaceous age},
  series = {ISLAND ARC},
  volume    = {22},
  journal   = {ISLAND ARC},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {WILEY-BLACKWELL},
  address   = {HOBOKEN},
  issn      = {1038-4871},
  doi       = {10.1111/iar.12041},
  pages     = {306 -- 317},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {SoriZ93 zircon was separated from residual mineral fraction after the preparation of the SORI93 biotite standard from the Sori Granodiorite in the Ashio Mountains, Northeast Japan, and analyzed for its U-Pb age using a sensitive high resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP). The zircon grains of SoriZ93 are prismatic with pyramidal ends or broken prismatic fragments. Most zircons are 100-250m long and 50-150m wide. The zircons are clear crystals and colorless to pale yellow, although some grains are brown with optically low transparency. Cathodoluminescence (CL) imaging of the SoriZ93 zircons showed a fine oscillatory zoning, which is a typical characteristic of zircons in granitic rocks. A xenocrystic core was not present in the zircons. Although some mineral inclusions were present in the zircons, it is possible to select a typical analytical area with a dimension of 30m necessary for the microbeam technique. The analytical results of the colorless zircons provided a weighted mean Pb-207 corrected Pb-206/U-238 age of 93.9 +/- 0.6Ma (95\% confidence, MSWD=0.97). This Pb-206/U-238 age is 1.3m.y. older than the K-Ar age of the SORI93 biotite, indicating that the granodiorite cooled to a closure temperature of the K-Ar biotite system within a short time interval. Although some grains of the SoriZ93 zircons show high U concentration, a selection of colorless zircons provided the precise age to be used for the calibration and reference for zircons of the Late Cretaceous.},
  language  = {en}
}