Physiographic-Tectonic Zoning of Iran’s Sedimentary Basins
- 1 Department of Geology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Base on geological history evaluation using regional stratigraphy, sedimentary environments, magmatic activities, metamorphism and structural trend in Iran, physiographic-tectonic zoning map of Iran’s sedimentary basins has prepared. This map has prepared to point out the basement tectonics role in Iran. It contains twenty - four different provinces. Iran has composed from different plates : Arabian plate in south and west, Cimmerian manipulated in north and east, Eurasian plate in northeast margin. Cimmerian manipulated at least can be divid ed to the smaller part, East-Central Iran and North-Central Iran microcontinents. There are evidence s for thick-skinned tectonics in the border zones of these plates and microcontinents, especially in Sanandaj - Sirjan overthrust belts that it formed by crustal stacking wedges. Also, Neoproterozoic-Phanerozoic Tectonic column in the Arabian, Cimmerian and Eurasian plates under Iran Country area have introduced.
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