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Cenozoic evolution of Neotethys and implications for the causes of plate motions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Africa-North America-Eurasia plate circuit rotations, combined with Red Sea rotations and new estimates of crustal shortening in Iran define the Cenozoic history of the Neotethyan ocean between Arabia and Eurasia. The new constraints indicate that Arabia-
McQuarrie, N.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Ordovician of North Iran: New lithostratigraphy, palaeogeography and biogeographical links with South China and the Mediterranean peri-Gondwana margin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The Ordovician litho- and biostratigraphic framework of Alborz, Kopet-Dagh and the East-Central Iranian blocks is outlined and significantly updated, and a broad summary of the current state of knowledge of the Ordovician deposits and faunas across Iran ...
Amini, A.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Evolution of Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) Across the Palearctic Mountains: The Biogeographical Links Between the Caucasus and Adjacent Ranges, Central Asia and the Himalayas

open access: yesZoologica Scripta, Volume 54, Issue 6, Page 870-883, November 2025.
ABSTRACT The biodiversity of the highest Palearctic mountains is extraordinary, yet its evolution and biogeographic links from a global perspective remain poorly understood. This study focuses on the diversification and biogeography of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) distributed across several prominent mountain ranges, including the Caucasus and adjacent ...
Ľuboš Hrivniak   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aspects of the tectonics of the Greater Caucasus and Western South Caspian Basin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The main objectives of this project are to (a) understand the relationship between climate, topography and the tectonics in the Greater Caucasus belt, (b) construct regional geological cross-sections showing major stratigraphic sequences and structures ...
,, Alburki, Abduelmenam
core  

Taxonomic corrections and new records for vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan, 6

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2025, Issue 9, September 2025.
A series of notes on taxonomy, nomenclature, morphology and distributions of native species of vascular plants in Kyrgyzstan is presented. Anaphalis roseoalba is treated as a synonym of A. virgata; Hippolytia herderi and H. megacephala are new synonyms of H. senecionis; Hippolytia darvasica and H. schugnanica are new synonyms of H. tomentosa; Campanula
Alexander N. Sennikov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Piptatherum ferganense (Poaceae), another Middle Asian species as a new record for the flora of Iran

open access: yesیافته‌های نوین در علوم زیستی, 2022
Piptatherum ferganense is recorded as a new grass species for the flora of Iran collected from Ghorkhod Protected Area and Aladagh Mountains in North Khorassan province.
Farshid Memariani   +3 more
doaj  

Seismic evidence for the tectonics of Central and Western Asia [PDF]

open access: yes, 1959
A statistical analysis of the null axes of the fault-plane solutions of earthquakes in any one area permits determination of the average tectonic motion direction of that area.
Scheidegger, A. E.
core  

Plant Diversity Patterns Along Altitudinal Gradient in Understory Communities of Darkesh Region, Bojnord, Iran [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
The ecotone region of Darkesh with an area of 22,500 hectares is located in the Irano-Turanian xeric-continental bioclimatic zone of Khorassan-Kopet Dagh. To investigate the plant diversity patterns of understory communities along three elevation classes
Arjmandi, A.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

From Site Selection to Characterization: Assessment of Potential Reservoirs in the Lurestan Basin of Iran for Carbon Sequestration

open access: yesGreenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Volume 15, Issue 3, Page 319-332, June 2025.
ABSTRACT The increasing global focus on carbon sequestration underscores the need for comprehensive CO2 storage atlases, extending beyond Europe and America to other countries that are significant contributors to carbon dioxide emissions. This article addresses this imperative by examining the CO2 storage potential in the Lurestan area of Iran, with a ...
Pegah Dinani   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Priorities for conservation of endemic trees and shrubs of Iran: Important Plant Areas (IPAs) and Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) in SW Asia

open access: yesJournal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2020
Owing to narrow geographical distribution, endemic species indicates higher vulnerability than other taxa, so they have been used as surrogate elements to identify the priorities.
A.R. Mehrabian   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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