Permanent closure of the Tethyan Seaway in the northwestern Iranian Plateau driven by cyclic sea-level fluctuations in the late Middle Miocene
Jimin Sun, Morteza Sheykh, Nahid Ahmadi, Mengmeng Cao, Zhiliang Zhang, Shengchen Tian, Jingeng Sha, Zhimin Jian, Brian F. Windley, Morteza Talebian
Topics & Concepts
GeologyPaleontologyForeland basinMagnetostratigraphyLate MioceneSea levelPlateau (mathematics)FaciesChronologyThermohaline circulationSedimentary rockStructural basinOceanographyMathematical analysisMathematicsGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchGeological formations and processesEvolution and Paleontology Studies