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oa The Opening of Neo-Tethys and the Formation of the Khuff Passive Margin
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, Third EAGE Workshop on Arabian Plate Geology, Nov 2011, cp-271-00006
- ISBN: 978-94-6282-058-6
Abstract
Any investigation of regional geology and palaeomagnetism in the Middle East will show that in the Permian a series of terranes separated from Gondwana and drifted north, opening the Neo-Tethys Ocean in their wake. To the north of these terranes, the Palaeo-Tethys Ocean closed and was largely subducted. Eventually in a non-synchronous movement but largely in Late Triassic and Early Jurassic times, these terranes docked with the northern margin of the former Palaeo-Tethys during the Cimmerian Orogeny.