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Subsidence of the West Siberian Basin: Effects of a mantle plume impact (2012)
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Holt, P., van Hunen, J., & Allen, M. (2012). Subsidence of the West Siberian Basin: Effects of a mantle plume impact. Geology, 40(8), 703-706. https://doi.org/10.1130/g32885.1

Comparison of modeling results with observed subsidence patterns from the West Siberian Basin provides new insight into the origin of the Siberian Traps, and constrains the temperature, size, and depth of an impacting mantle plume head during and aft... Read More about Subsidence of the West Siberian Basin: Effects of a mantle plume impact.

Cenozoic exhumation history of the Alborz Mountains, Iran: New constraints from low-temperature chronometry (2012)
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Rezaeian, M., Carter, A., Hovius, N., & Allen, M. (2012). Cenozoic exhumation history of the Alborz Mountains, Iran: New constraints from low-temperature chronometry. Tectonics, 31(2), Article TC2004. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011tc002974

[1] The Alborz Mountains in the north of the Turkish-Iranian Plateau mainly developed in the Cenozoic as a consequence of the closure of Neo-Tethys and continental collision between Arabia and Eurasia. Cenozoic growth of the fold-and-thrust belt expl... Read More about Cenozoic exhumation history of the Alborz Mountains, Iran: New constraints from low-temperature chronometry.

Offset rivers, drainage spacing and the record of strike-slip faulting: The Kuh Banan Fault, Iran (2012)
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Walker, F., & Allen, M. (2012). Offset rivers, drainage spacing and the record of strike-slip faulting: The Kuh Banan Fault, Iran. Tectonophysics, 530-531, 251-263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2012.01.001

This study concerns the ways in which rivers can record part, but not necessarily all, of strike-slip fault offset. The focus is the active right-lateral Kuh Banan Fault in eastern Iran, within the Arabia–Eurasia collision. Plate convergence has caus... Read More about Offset rivers, drainage spacing and the record of strike-slip faulting: The Kuh Banan Fault, Iran.

Reconciling the Intertropical Convergence Zone, Himalayan/Tibetan tectonics, and the onset of the Asian monsoon system (2012)
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Allen, M., & Armstrong, H. (2012). Reconciling the Intertropical Convergence Zone, Himalayan/Tibetan tectonics, and the onset of the Asian monsoon system. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 44, 36-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.04.018

Numerous climate proxies from across Central, South and East Asia have yielded different ages for the start or intensification of a monsoon climate system. Common estimates include the early part of the early Miocene (∼23–20 Ma) and the late Miocene... Read More about Reconciling the Intertropical Convergence Zone, Himalayan/Tibetan tectonics, and the onset of the Asian monsoon system.

Structural variation along the Zagros and the nature of the Dezful Embayment (2011)
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Allen, M., & Talebian, M. (2011). Structural variation along the Zagros and the nature of the Dezful Embayment. Geological Magazine, 148(5-6), 911-924. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756811000318

Structure varies along strike in the Zagros fold-and-thrust belt of Iran, which is a principal element in the Arabia–Eurasia continental collision. Pre-collision, Late Cretaceous ophiolite nappes (Kermanshah, Neyriz) and related nappes of deep marine... Read More about Structural variation along the Zagros and the nature of the Dezful Embayment.

New views on earthquake faulting in the Zagros fold-and-thrust belt of Iran (2011)
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Nissen, E., Tatar, M., Jackson, J., & Allen, M. (2011). New views on earthquake faulting in the Zagros fold-and-thrust belt of Iran. Geophysical Journal International, 186(3), 928-944. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246x.2011.05119.x

The Zagros fold-and-thrust belt is amongst the world’s most seismically active mountain ranges, and is influential in our understanding of continental collisions. The presence of Hormuz salt at the base of the ∼10 km-thick folded sedimentary cover, t... Read More about New views on earthquake faulting in the Zagros fold-and-thrust belt of Iran.

40Ar/39Ar dating of Quaternary lavas in northwest Iran: constraints on the landscape evolution and incision rates of the Turkish-Iranian plateau (2011)
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Allen, M., Mark, D., Kheirkhah, M., Barfod, D., Emami, M., & Saville, C. (2011). 40Ar/39Ar dating of Quaternary lavas in northwest Iran: constraints on the landscape evolution and incision rates of the Turkish-Iranian plateau. Geophysical Journal International, 185(3), 1173-1185. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246x.2011.05022.x

We report five new 40Ar/39Ar ages for basaltic lavas in the Maku region of northwest Iran, between ca. 1.87 and 0.40 Ma, which help constrain the tectonic and landscape evolution of this part of the Turkish—Iranian plateau. Flows originated from the... Read More about 40Ar/39Ar dating of Quaternary lavas in northwest Iran: constraints on the landscape evolution and incision rates of the Turkish-Iranian plateau.

Continental collision and slab break-off: a comparison of 3-D numerical models with observations (2011)
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van Hunen, J., & Allen, M. (2011). Continental collision and slab break-off: a comparison of 3-D numerical models with observations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 302(1-2), 27-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.035

Conditions and dynamics of subduction-collision and subsequent 3-D slab break-off and slab tear propagation are quantified, for the first time, using fully dynamic numerical models. Model results indicate that collision after the subduction of old, s... Read More about Continental collision and slab break-off: a comparison of 3-D numerical models with observations.

Right-lateral shear across Iran and kinematic change in the Arabia–Eurasia collision zone (2011)
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Allen, M., Kheirkhah, M., Emami, M., & Jones, S. (2011). Right-lateral shear across Iran and kinematic change in the Arabia–Eurasia collision zone. Geophysical Journal International, 184(2), 555-574. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246x.2010.04874.x

New offset determinations for right-lateral strike-slip faults in Iran revise the kinematics of the Arabia–Eurasia collision, by indicating along-strike lengthening of the collision zone before a change to the present kinematic regime at ∼5 Ma. A ser... Read More about Right-lateral shear across Iran and kinematic change in the Arabia–Eurasia collision zone.

Lithospheric cooling and thickening as a basin forming mechanism (2010)
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Holt, P., Allen, M., van Hunen, J., & Bjørnseth, H. (2010). Lithospheric cooling and thickening as a basin forming mechanism. Tectonophysics, 495(3-4), 184-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2010.09.014

Widely accepted basin forming mechanisms are limited to flexure of the lithosphere, and lithospheric stretching followed by cooling and thermal subsidence. Neither of these mechanisms works for a group of large basins, sometimes known as “intracontin... Read More about Lithospheric cooling and thickening as a basin forming mechanism.

Deposition in the Kuznetsk Basin, Siberia: Insights into the Permian–Triassic transition and the Mesozoic evolution of Central Asia (2010)
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Davies, C., Allen, M., Buslov, M., & Safonova, I. (2010). Deposition in the Kuznetsk Basin, Siberia: Insights into the Permian–Triassic transition and the Mesozoic evolution of Central Asia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 295(1-2), 307-322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.06.008

This paper describes the Permian–Mesozoic stratigraphy of the Kuznetsk Basin, southern Siberia, which is adjacent to the vast and hydrocarbon-rich West Siberian Basin and on the edge of the Siberian flood basalts. The basin fill is Permian to Cretace... Read More about Deposition in the Kuznetsk Basin, Siberia: Insights into the Permian–Triassic transition and the Mesozoic evolution of Central Asia.

The timing and extent of the eruption of the Siberian Traps large igneous province: Implications for the end-Permian environmental crisis. (2009)
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Reichow, M., Pringle, M., Al'Mukhamedov, A., Allen, M., Andreichev, V., Buslov, M., …Saunders, A. (2009). The timing and extent of the eruption of the Siberian Traps large igneous province: Implications for the end-Permian environmental crisis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 277, 9-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2008.09.030

Quaternary syn-collision magmatism from the Iran/Turkey borderlands (2009)
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Kheirkhah, M., Allen, M., & Emami, M. (2009). Quaternary syn-collision magmatism from the Iran/Turkey borderlands. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 182(1-2), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.01.026

Quaternary basaltic and andesitic lavas from the NW Iran/eastern Turkey border area are related to the active Arabia–Eurasia collision. The lavas occur within the Turkish–Iranian plateau, which ceased crustal thickening before the establishment of a... Read More about Quaternary syn-collision magmatism from the Iran/Turkey borderlands.

Late Cenozoic volcanism and rates of active faulting in eastern Iran (2009)
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Walker, R., Gans, P., Allen, M., Jackson, J., Khatib, M., Marsh, N., & Zarrinkoub, M. (2009). Late Cenozoic volcanism and rates of active faulting in eastern Iran. Geophysical Journal International, 177(2), 783-805. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246x.2008.04024.x

We present new 40Ar/39Ar ages of samples of volcanic rock exposed along the remote margins of the Dasht-e Lut desert in eastern Iran. Close spatial relationships between the volcanic rocks and the trace of active strike-slip faults allow us to determ... Read More about Late Cenozoic volcanism and rates of active faulting in eastern Iran.

Arabia-Eurasia collision and the forcing of mid-Cenozoic global cooling (2008)
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Allen, M., & Armstrong, H. (2008). Arabia-Eurasia collision and the forcing of mid-Cenozoic global cooling. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 265(1-2), 52-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.04.021

The end of the Eocene greenhouse world was the most dramatic phase in the long-term cooling trend of the Cenozoic Era. Here we show that the Arabia–Eurasia collision and the closure of the Tethys ocean gateway began in the Late Eocene at ~ 35 Ma, up... Read More about Arabia-Eurasia collision and the forcing of mid-Cenozoic global cooling.