The Makran Accretionary Prism (MAP) is formed by active convergence between the Eurasian and the ... more The Makran Accretionary Prism (MAP) is formed by active convergence between the Eurasian and the Arabian plates. The system is characterized by a shallow slab dip (500 km, >300 km of which are exposed onshore. New mapping results and structural sections document the structural and stratigraphic development of the accretionary wedge. The inner Makran was a turbidite basin on an active margin between the late Paleocene - early Eocene and the Serravallian. The oldest, well-dated turbidites are Early Eocene with typically rhythmic alternation of brown, usually volcanogenic sandstone, and lighter-coloured shales; this upward-coarsening unit represents relatively distal slope deposits conformably covering a series of pillow basalts, basaltic flows, pelagic limestones and shales of early Palaeogene age. In latest Oligocene - Early Miocene times, the depositional environment became marked by tidal influence in turbidites and the deposition of marls, reef carbonates and calcareous sandsto...
The Makran Accretionary Prism (MAP) is formed by active convergence between the Eurasian and the ... more The Makran Accretionary Prism (MAP) is formed by active convergence between the Eurasian and the Arabian plates. The system is characterized by a shallow slab dip (500 km, >300 km of which are exposed onshore. New mapping results and structural sections document the structural and stratigraphic development of the accretionary wedge. The inner Makran was a turbidite basin on an
The Makran Accretionary Prism (MAP) is formed by active convergence between the Eurasian and the ... more The Makran Accretionary Prism (MAP) is formed by active convergence between the Eurasian and the Arabian plates. The system is characterized by a shallow slab dip (500 km, >300 km of which are exposed onshore. New mapping results and structural sections document the structural and stratigraphic development of the accretionary wedge. The inner Makran was a turbidite basin on an active margin between the late Paleocene - early Eocene and the Serravallian. The oldest, well-dated turbidites are Early Eocene with typically rhythmic alternation of brown, usually volcanogenic sandstone, and lighter-coloured shales; this upward-coarsening unit represents relatively distal slope deposits conformably covering a series of pillow basalts, basaltic flows, pelagic limestones and shales of early Palaeogene age. In latest Oligocene - Early Miocene times, the depositional environment became marked by tidal influence in turbidites and the deposition of marls, reef carbonates and calcareous sandsto...
The Makran Accretionary Prism (MAP) is formed by active convergence between the Eurasian and the ... more The Makran Accretionary Prism (MAP) is formed by active convergence between the Eurasian and the Arabian plates. The system is characterized by a shallow slab dip (500 km, >300 km of which are exposed onshore. New mapping results and structural sections document the structural and stratigraphic development of the accretionary wedge. The inner Makran was a turbidite basin on an
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