Sedimentation in a discharge dominated fluvial-lacustrine system: the Neogene Productive Series of the South Caspian Basin, Azerbaijan

Development of the Kura delta, Azerbaijan; a record of Holocene Caspian sea-level changes

“…The early Pliocene Productive Series in Azerbaijan consist of fluvial deltaic sediments deposited in the isolated South Caspian Basin by several large river systems, which were also subjected to an unstable sealevel regime (Hinds et al, 2004;Reynolds et al, 1996). Many offshore and onshore hydrocarbon occurrences are in this unit (Aliyeva, 1988;Bagirov and Lerche, 1998).…”

Depositional evolution of a progradational to aggradational, mixed-influenced deltaic succession: Jurassic Tofte and Ile formations, southern Halten Terrace, offshore Norway

“…Modern analogues to this system, where fluvial-dominated deltas prograde into shallow water basins with a near-horizontal shoreline trajectory, include the modern Burdekin delta (Fielding et al, 2005a) and the Neogene and modern Volga delta (Kroonenberg et al, 1997;Overeem et al, 2003;Hinds et al, 2004;Kroonenberg et al, 2005). These examples contain sharp-based mouth bars and distributary channels that cut into offshore mudstones, similar to some of the Phase II successions.…”

Role of the Allahyarlu ophiolite in the tectonic evolution of NW Iran and adjacent areas (Late Carboniferous — Recent)

“…The Sevan-Akera Basin, which began northward subduction beneath the North Armenian Block from the early Upper Jurassic, was narrowing at this time Kazmin and Tikhonova 2006;Galoyan et al 2009;Rolland et al 2009;Sosson et al 2010;Rolland et al 2011). The rifting and opening of the South Caspian-Black Sea Basin, which opened in the Middle Jurassic, continued in the Late Jurassic (Berberian 1983;Bazhenov et al 1996;Brunet et al 2003;Nikishin et al 2003;Hinds et al 2004;Kazmin and Tikhonova 2006). The Neotethys 2 basin became wider; the Neotethys 1 basin subduction continued, making it narrower (Glennie 1992;Alavi 1994;Sengör and Natal'in 1996;Golonka 2004;Shahabpour 2005;Sheikholeslami et al 2008;Arfania and Shahriari 2009;Glennie et al 2011;Kargaranbafghi et al 2012).…”