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 divided to the smaller part, East-Central Iran and North-Central Iran microcontinents. There are evidences 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.
Highlights
The organization and development of the physiographictectonic provinces of Iran involves specifying the current structural geomorphology and tectonic history of Iran’s sedimentary basins that might have clear effect in the regions
Iran has composed from different plates: Arabian plate in south and west, Cimmerian manipulated in north and east, Eurasian plate in northeast margin
The main steps in this study have summarized as follows: 1) Geological data such as regional stratigraphy, sedimentary environments, magmatic activities, metamorphism, tectonic stages and deformational styles that provided much information on the tectonic history have gathered from different references; 2) Physiographic-tectonic zoning map of Iran’s sedimentary basins based on sedimentary basins position has identified
Summary
The organization and development of the physiographictectonic provinces of Iran involves specifying the current structural geomorphology and tectonic history of Iran’s sedimentary basins that might have clear effect in the regions. The main steps in this study have summarized as follows: 1) Geological data such as regional stratigraphy, sedimentary environments, magmatic activities, metamorphism, tectonic stages and deformational styles that provided much information on the tectonic history have gathered from different references; 2) Physiographic-tectonic zoning map of Iran’s sedimentary basins based on sedimentary basins position has identified These basins described by some researchers [2,3,4]; 3) Structural units have limited for each individual physiographic-tectonic province based on different works such as [5,6,7,8]; 4) Tectonic units have limited for each individual identified plate and microcontinents (Figure 1) based on [9,10]
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