The evolution of Neotethys ocean controlled the magmatic activities in Iran Plateau for a long period

Abstract

Iran Plateau has been considered as a part of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belts and is situated between two major sutures, Paleotethys suture in the north and Neotethys suture in the south. Most of the magmatic activities in Iran have been controlled by these two-ocean birth to death. The rupture-drift of the Iran microcontinent from the Arabian plate in the northern Gondwana and the rejoining in the Cenozoic can be considered as a typical Wilson cycle.