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Millennial pulses of ore formation and an extra-high Tibetan Plateau (2022)
Journal Article
Li, Y., Allen, M. B., & Li, X.-H. (2022). Millennial pulses of ore formation and an extra-high Tibetan Plateau. Geology, 50(6), 665-669. https://doi.org/10.1130/g49911.1

Quantifying the rhythms and rates of magmatic-hydrothermal systems is critical for a better understanding of their controls on ore formation and the dynamics of magmatic reservoirs that feed them. We reconstructed the evolution of ore-forming fluids... Read More about Millennial pulses of ore formation and an extra-high Tibetan Plateau.

Episodic back-arc spreading centre jumps controlled by transform fault to overriding plate strength ratio (2022)
Journal Article
Schliffke, N., van Hunen, J., Allen, M. B., Magni, V., & Gueydan, F. (2022). Episodic back-arc spreading centre jumps controlled by transform fault to overriding plate strength ratio. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 582. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28228-5

Spreading centre jumps are a common feature of oceanic back-arc basins. Jumps are conventionally suggested to be triggered by plate velocity changes, pre-existing weaknesses, or punctuated events such as the opening of slab windows. Here, we present... Read More about Episodic back-arc spreading centre jumps controlled by transform fault to overriding plate strength ratio.

Early Cambrian highly fractionated granite, Central Iran: Evidence for drifting of northern Gondwana and the evolution of the Proto-Tethys Ocean (2021)
Journal Article
Nouri, F., Reza Davoudian, A., Allen, M. B., Azizi, H., Asahara, Y., Anma, R., Shabanian, N., Tsuboi, M., & Khodami, M. (2021). Early Cambrian highly fractionated granite, Central Iran: Evidence for drifting of northern Gondwana and the evolution of the Proto-Tethys Ocean. Precambrian Research, 362, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106291

Tectonic transition from Ediacaran continental arc to early Cambrian rift in the NE Ardakan region, central Iran: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of magmatic rocks (2021)
Journal Article
Nouri, F., Davoudian, A. R., Shabanian, N., Allen, M. B., Asahara, Y., Azizi, H., Anma, R., Khodami, M., & Tsuboi, M. (2022). Tectonic transition from Ediacaran continental arc to early Cambrian rift in the NE Ardakan region, central Iran: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of magmatic rocks. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 224, Article 105011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2021.105011

Ediacaran-early Cambrian magmatic rocks from the Ardakan region of central Iran include deformed granites from deformed granitic plutons and dolerites from doleritic sills. The granites contain zircon grains with U-Pb ages of 552–550 Ma, and dolerite... Read More about Tectonic transition from Ediacaran continental arc to early Cambrian rift in the NE Ardakan region, central Iran: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of magmatic rocks.

Detrital Zircon Age Constraints on the Evolution of Paleo‐Tethys in NE Iran: Implications for Subduction and Collision Tectonics (2021)
Journal Article
Chu, Y., Wan, B., Allen, M. B., Chen, L., Lin, W., Talebian, M., & Xin, G. (2021). Detrital Zircon Age Constraints on the Evolution of Paleo‐Tethys in NE Iran: Implications for Subduction and Collision Tectonics. Tectonics, 40(8), Article e2020TC006680. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020tc006680

The timings of the onset of oceanic spreading, subduction and collision are crucial in plate reconstructions, but not always straightforward to resolve. The Paleo-Tethys evolution dominated the Paleozoic-Early Mesozoic tectonics of West Asia, but the... Read More about Detrital Zircon Age Constraints on the Evolution of Paleo‐Tethys in NE Iran: Implications for Subduction and Collision Tectonics.

Curved orogenic belts, back-arc basins, and obduction as consequences of collision at irregular continental margins (2021)
Journal Article
Schliffke, N., van Hunen, J., Gueydan, F., Magni, V., & Allen, M. B. (2021). Curved orogenic belts, back-arc basins, and obduction as consequences of collision at irregular continental margins. Geology, 49(12), 1436-1440. https://doi.org/10.1130/g48919.1

Continental collisions commonly involve highly curved passive plate margins, leading to diachronous continental subduction during trench rollback. Such systems may feature backarc extension and ophiolite obduction postdating initial collision. Modern... Read More about Curved orogenic belts, back-arc basins, and obduction as consequences of collision at irregular continental margins.

Lithospheric modification at the onset of the destruction of the North China Craton: Evidence from Late Triassic mafic dykes (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, C., Song, S., Su, L., Allen, M. B., & Dong, J. (2021). Lithospheric modification at the onset of the destruction of the North China Craton: Evidence from Late Triassic mafic dykes. Chemical Geology, 566, Article 120105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120105

Mantle-derived magmatism provides important insights for understanding the mechanism of lithospheric thinning. Here we report the results of an integrated geochronological and geochemical study of Late Triassic mafic dykes in Eastern Hebei, northern... Read More about Lithospheric modification at the onset of the destruction of the North China Craton: Evidence from Late Triassic mafic dykes.

The structural evolution of pull-apart basins in response to changes in plate motion (2021)
Journal Article
Farangitakis, G., McCaffrey, K., Willingshofer, E., Allen, M., Kalnins, L., van Hunen, J., Persaud, P., & Sokoutis, D. (2021). The structural evolution of pull-apart basins in response to changes in plate motion. Basin Research, 33(2), 1603-1625. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12528

Pull‐apart basins are structural features linked to the interactions between strike‐slip and extensional tectonics. Their morphology and structural evolution are determined by factors such as extension rate, the basin length/width ratio, and changes... Read More about The structural evolution of pull-apart basins in response to changes in plate motion.

Recognition of Ancient Channels and Archaeological Sites in the Mesopotamian Floodplain Using Satellite Imagery and Digital Topography (2020)
Book Chapter
Jotheri, J., & Allen, M. B. (2020). Recognition of Ancient Channels and Archaeological Sites in the Mesopotamian Floodplain Using Satellite Imagery and Digital Topography. In D. Lawrence, M. Altaweel, & G. Philip (Eds.), New agendas in remote sensing and landscape archaeology in the Near East : studies in honour of Tony J. Wilkinson (283-305). Archaeopress

Early Devonian mafic igneous rocks in the East Kunlun Orogen, NW China: Implications for the transition from the Proto- to Paleo-Tethys oceans (2020)
Journal Article
Dong, J., Song, S., Su, L., Allen, M. B., Li, Y., & Wang, C. (2020). Early Devonian mafic igneous rocks in the East Kunlun Orogen, NW China: Implications for the transition from the Proto- to Paleo-Tethys oceans. Lithos, 376-377, Article 105771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105771

The tectonic evolution of the Proto- and Paleo-Tethys oceans had a significant influence on ocean-continent distributions in East Asia in the Phanerozoic, and major implications for continental growth in the region. However, it remains ambiguous when... Read More about Early Devonian mafic igneous rocks in the East Kunlun Orogen, NW China: Implications for the transition from the Proto- to Paleo-Tethys oceans.

Landslides of the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake, northern China (2020)
Journal Article
Xu, Y., Liu-Zeng, J., Allen, M. B., Zhang, W., & Du, P. (2021). Landslides of the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake, northern China. Landslides, 18, 935-953. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-020-01512-5

The great M ~ 8 1920 Haiyuan earthquake (HYEQ) was one of the largest and most deadly earthquakes in China in the last century, with ~ 234,000 deaths. The earthquake occurred within the Loess Plateau of northern China, where Quaternary loess deposits... Read More about Landslides of the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake, northern China.

Cretaceous exhumation of the Triassic intracontinental Xuefengshan Belt: Delayed unroofing of an orogenic plateau across the South China Block? (2020)
Journal Article
Chu, Y., Lin, W., Faure, M., Allen, M. B., & Feng, Z. (2020). Cretaceous exhumation of the Triassic intracontinental Xuefengshan Belt: Delayed unroofing of an orogenic plateau across the South China Block?. Tectonophysics, 793, Article 228592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228592

A large plateau can be produced by crustal thickening in convergent zones such as continental collision belts and Andean-type subduction zones, but the life cycles of such plateaux are not well-understood. In particular, it is not clear how long they... Read More about Cretaceous exhumation of the Triassic intracontinental Xuefengshan Belt: Delayed unroofing of an orogenic plateau across the South China Block?.

Kinematic Variation Within the Fars Arc, Eastern Zagros, and the Development of Fold‐and‐Thrust Belt Curvature (2020)
Journal Article
Edey, A., Allen, M., & Nilfouroushan, F. (2020). Kinematic Variation Within the Fars Arc, Eastern Zagros, and the Development of Fold‐and‐Thrust Belt Curvature. Tectonics, 39(8), Article e2019TC005941. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019tc005941

We analyze deformation of the Fars Arc in the eastern Zagros, Iran, including earthquake slip vectors, GPS velocities, paleomagnetism data, and fold orientations, to understand how this fold‐and‐thrust belt works and so better understand the generic... Read More about Kinematic Variation Within the Fars Arc, Eastern Zagros, and the Development of Fold‐and‐Thrust Belt Curvature.

Geomorphic expressions of collisional tectonics in the Qilian Shan, north eastern Tibetan Plateau (2020)
Journal Article
Groves, K., Saville, C., Hurst, M. D., Jones, S. J., Song, S., & Allen, M. B. (2020). Geomorphic expressions of collisional tectonics in the Qilian Shan, north eastern Tibetan Plateau. Tectonophysics, 788, Article 228503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228503

The Qilian Shan, north eastern Tibetan Plateau, is an area of active deformation caused by convergence in the India-Eurasia collision zone. Geomorphic indices capture the landscape response to competition between tectonics and climate, reflecting the... Read More about Geomorphic expressions of collisional tectonics in the Qilian Shan, north eastern Tibetan Plateau.

Basin-scale fluvial correlation and response to the Tethyan marine transgression: an example from the Triassic of central Spain (2020)
Journal Article
Franzel, M., Jones, S. J., Meadows, N., Allen, M. B., McCaffrey, K., & Morgan, T. (2021). Basin-scale fluvial correlation and response to the Tethyan marine transgression: an example from the Triassic of central Spain. Basin Research, 33(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12451

The relationships between large‐scale depositional processes and the stratigraphic record of alluvial systems, e.g. the origin and distribution of channel stacking patterns, changing architecture and correlation of strata, are still relatively poorly... Read More about Basin-scale fluvial correlation and response to the Tethyan marine transgression: an example from the Triassic of central Spain.

Distinct sources 1 for high-K and adakitic magmatism in SE Iran (2020)
Journal Article
Kheirkhah, M., Neill, I., Allen, M. B., Emami, M. H., & Ghadimid, A. S. (2020). Distinct sources 1 for high-K and adakitic magmatism in SE Iran. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 196, Article 104355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2020.104355

Research into Arabia-Eurasia collision zone magmatism in Kerman Province, SE Iran, has largely focused on Late Cenozoic adakitic stocks or domes, with debate around lower crustal or subducted slab origins. Contemporary hawaiite-trachyandesite lava fl... Read More about Distinct sources 1 for high-K and adakitic magmatism in SE Iran.