Integration of bedrock, seismic tomographic and plate kinematic constraints to test models of the India-Asia collision by Parsons, A, Hosseini, K, Palin, R, Sigloch, K

“…Our analysis demonstrates that the Neotethys Ocean was consumed by at least two subduction zones since the Jurassic. At the onset of the India-Asia collision at 59±1 Ma, one subduction zone was active along the southern Asian continental margin at ~20°N. …”

L'évolution des peuplements d'ammonites au cours de l'Oxfordien inférieur (Zone à Mariae et Zone à Cordatum) du Jura (Est de la France) [The evolution of ammonite associations duri... by Jardat Rémi

“…The study of more than 40 sections in the "Creniceras renggeri marls" of the French Jura Range (Lower Oxfordian) has found: * a precise biochronostratigraphic subdivison of 16 successive populations or associations which appears to be stable over the whole geographic area concerned; * the correlation of these populations with the Lower Oxfordian zones of the GFÉJ (French Research Jurassic Group) and with those of southern England (Weymouth) and Poland (Cracow area); * an autecologic and synecologic analysis of Oxfordian ammonite associations in the Jura Mountains; * an interpretation of these faunas in terms of palaeo-depth and sequence stratigraphy units.The main results of the study are the following: * identification of the Costicardia Subzone; * validation of the subdivision of the Mariae Zone established by Fortwengler and Marchand (1994), with a woodhamense horizon above a scarburgense horizon; * division of the woodhamense horizon into two units: the lower one is the woodhamense s.s. unit and the upper one includes abundant specimens of woodhamense var. normandiana Spath; * correlation of tectonic units on either side of the Salins fault and of some characteristics of the ammonite populations; * identification of five steps of changes in depth in the Jura area which may be interpreted as sequence stratigraphic units: a first episode of deepening during the period bounded by the scarburgense and praemartini horizons, an episode of stability bounded by the beginning and the end of the alphacordatum horizon, a slight regressive trend that lasted throughout the duration of the praecordatum horizon, a second episode of stability that persisted from the Bukowskii Subzone to the Costicardia Subzone, and a third deepening trend during the existence of the Cordatum Subzone.…”
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SIMS Zircon U-Pb Ages and O Isotope Compositions of Gabbro from the Laguoco Ophiolite from Western Shiquanhe–Yonzhu Suture Zone (Tibet) and Their Geological Significance by Yong Wu, Ming-Kuan Qin, Cai Zhang, Guo-Lin Guo, Dong-Fa Guo, Fei Liu, Wei-Wei Wu, Jing-Sui Yang

“…The SIMS zircon U-Pb ages of the gabbro samples are 187 ± 1.2 Ma and 189 ± 2.1 Ma, and the weighted averages of δ¹⁸O are 5.24‰ ± 0.12‰ and 5.34‰ ± 0.13‰, which are close to mantle-derived zircon δ¹⁸O (5.3‰ ± 0.3‰). …”
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Vertical-well-assisted SAGD dilation process in heterogeneous super-heavy oil reservoirs: Numerical simulations by Zhi Yang, Xingge Sun, Chihui Luo, Bin Xu, Baohong Yang, Biao Li

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LATE TRIASSIC (LATE NORIAN-RHAETIAN) RADIOLARIANS FROM THE ANTALYA NAPPES, CENTRAL TAURIDES, SOUTHERN TURKEY by UGUR KAGAN TEKIN

“…At the basal part of the section, the Late Triassic (late Norian-Rhaetian) Gökdere Formation is characterized by gray to beige cherty limestone at the base and pinkish red chert- gray to beige limestone alternation at the top, with moderately to well-preserved radiolarians in the red chert beds. The overlying Jurassic - Middle Cretaceous Hocaköy Radiolarite is mainly represented by chert-mudstone alternations with some limestone interlayers. …”
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Detailed studies of the Callovian and Oxfordian microplankton from the Warboys and Warlingham boreholes by Kiteley, Robert John

“…The present thesis deals with biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental analyses of microplankton assemblages from the Kellaways Beds and Oxford Clay (Upper Jurassic) of the Warboys and Warlingham Boreholes, based on 118 samples. …”
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Karst Terraines in Iran - Examples from Lorestan by Mohammad Reza Ahmadipour

“…Večina jih je razvitih v bazenih Mazindarana in Zagrosa. Zaradi prevladujočih tektonskih aktivnosti so kamnine zagroške cone bolj zakrasele. 56 % vseh izvirov je prav v tej coni. …”
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Paleo-Tethyan Ocean Evolution and Indosinian Orogenesis in the East Kunlun Orogen, Northern Tibetan Plateau by Ruibao Li, Xianzhi Pei, Zuochen Li, Lei Pei, Guochao Chen, Zhanqing Liu, Youxin Chen, Chengjun Liu, Meng Wang, Min Zhang

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A Global Data Set of Present‐Day Oceanic Crustal Age and Seafloor Spreading Parameters by Maria Seton, R. Dietmar Müller, Sabin Zahirovic, Simon Williams, Nicky M. Wright, John Cannon, Joanne M. Whittaker, Kara J. Matthews, Rebecca McGirr

“…We find the mean age of oceanic crust is 64.2 Myr, slightly older than previous estimates, mainly due to the inclusion of pockets of Mesozoic aged crust in the Atlantic and Mediterranean and improvements to the Jurassic Pacific triangle. This older crust is partly compensated by additional Cenozoic‐aged back‐arc basin crust not included in previous models. …”
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Detrital zircon geochronology and provenance of sediments within the Mesozoic basins: New insights into tectonic evolution of the Qinling Orogen by Anqi Wang, Debin Yang, Haotian Yang, Maosong Mu, Yikang Quan, Leran Hao, Wenliang Xu

“…The detrital zircons can be split by age peaks into five major groups, including Early Cretaceous, Late Triassic, Early Paleozoic, Neoproterozoic and Paleoproterozoic age peaks. …”
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Age and anatomy of the Gongga Shan batholith, eastern Tibetan Plateau, and its relationship to the active Xianshui-he fault by Searle, MP, Roberts, NMW, Chung, S-L, Lee, Y-H, Cook, KL, Elliott, JR, Weller, OM, St-Onge, MR, Xu, X-W, Tan, X-B, Li, K

“…The age data constrain two striking tectonic-plutonic events: A complex Triassic-Jurassic (ca. 215-159 Ma) record of biotite-hornblende granodiorite, K-feldspar megacrystic granite and leucogranitic plutonism, and a Miocene (ca. 14-5 Ma) record of monzonite-leucogranite emplacement. …”

Geological and structural position of the Svetlinsky gold deposit (Southern Urals) by Alexander Yu. Kissin, Mikhail E. Pritchin, Danil A. Ozornin

“…The thrust caused bending moments in its wings, subsidence of the lying crust, emergence of a shallow marine basin with rapid accumulation of terrigenous carbonate sediments (C1v), and formation of numerous landslide structures. …”
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A new fossil mantis shrimp and the convergent evolution of a lobster-like morphotype by Carolin Haug, Joachim T. Haug

“…Originally, this included a head with six segments (ocular segment plus five appendage-bearing segments), a thorax region with eight segments, and a pleon with six segments. …”
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Late Permian to Triassic intraplate orogeny of the southern Tianshan and adjacent regions, NW China by Wei Ju, Guiting Hou

“…The paper presents a new evolutionary model for the South Tianshan Orogen and adjacent regions, which includes seven stages: (I) late Ordovician–early Silurian opening of the South Tianshan Ocean; (II) middle Silurian–middle Devonian subduction of the South Tianshan Ocean beneath an active margin of the North Asian continent; (III) late Devonian–late Carboniferous closure of the South Tianshan Ocean and collision between the Kazakhstan-Yili and Tarim continental blocks; (IV) early Permian post-collisional magmatism and rifting; (V) late Permian–Triassic the first intraplate orogeny; (VI) Jurassic–Palaeogene tectonic stagnation and (VII) Neocene–Quaternary intraplate orogeny.…”
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IODP Expedition 324: Ocean Drilling at Shatsky Rise Gives Clues about Oceanic Plateau Formation by Jörg Geldmacher, Takashi Sano, William W. Sager, the IODP Expedition 324 Scientists

“…Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 324 cored Shatsky Rise at five sites (U1346–U1350) to study processes of oceanic plateau formation and evolution. …”
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Dynamics of a stepped carbon-isotope excursion: Ultra high-resolution study of Early Toarcian environmental change by Hermoso, M, Minoletti, F, Rickaby, R, Hesselbo, S, Baudin, F, Jenkyns, H

“…In the Toarcian (Early Jurassic; ~183Myr ago), the ocean-atmosphere system was subject to one of the largest perturbations of the carbon cycle in the last 250Myr known as the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE). …”

Prospects for the oil and gas potential of the zone of abnormally high reservoir pressures in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug assuming deep fluid dynamics by Alexey A. Nezhdanov, Valeriy V. Ogibenin

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Geochemical Characteristics and Depositional Environment of Coal-Measure Hydrocarbon Source Rocks in the Northern Tectonic Belt, Kuqa Depression by Tianze Gao, Xiujian Ding, Xianzhang Yang, Changchao Chen, Zhenping Xu, Keyu Liu, Xueqi Zhang, Weizheng Cao

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Research progress on stability control of surrounding rock in weakly cemented strata engineering in western China mining area by JI Hongguang, SUN Lihui, SONG Zhaoyang, ZHANG Yuezheng, WANG Jiuhong, MENG Zhiqiang

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Structure and petroleum prospects of the northern part of the Barents-Kara Sea region by Anna A. Suslova, Alina V. Mordasova, Antonina V. Stoupakova, Rinar M. Gilaev, Yury A. Gatovsky, Nataliya I. Korobova, Arsen R. Gumerov, Timur R. Sakhabo, Tatyana O. Kolesnikova

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