Table of Contents - SPE195: The Cimmeride Orogenic System and the Tectonics of Eurasia

Acknowledgments

Abstract

Introduction- The History of the Tethys Concept

The concept of Tethys before plate tectonics and a critique of Tethyan nomenclature
Plate tectonics and the emergence of the current concept of Paleo-Tethys
The definitions of the terms Alpide, Cimmeride, and Tethyside, and the purpose of this paper

Regional Review

Longitudinal subdivisions of the Cimmeride orogenic system
Mediterranean Cimmerides
Alpinotype Mediterranean Cimmerides-The main trunk
Balkan/Carpathian Cimmerides
Anatolian Cimmerides
Caucasian Cimmerides Hinterland of the Mediterranean Cimmerides
Foreland of the Mediterranean Cimmerides

Ghaznian (Southwest Asian) Cimmerides

Alpinotype Ghaznian Cimmerides-The main trunk
Iranian segment
Afghan segment Foreland of the Ghaznian Cimmerides
Hinterland of the Ghaznian Cimmerides
Chinese or Sino-Cimmerides
Alpinotype Sino-Cimmerides-the main trunk
Southern hinterland of the Sino-Cimmerides
Northern hinterland of the Sino-Cimmerides Indochinese Cimmerides
The west Thailand/Malaya branch of the Indochinese Cimmerides
The Vietnam/Laos branch of the Indochinese Cimmerides
Sittang Valley-Myitkyina Zone orogen

Orogenic History of the Cimmerides

Late Paleozoic reconstruction and tectonic events
Triassic events
Jurassic events
Cretaceous events

Discussion

Influence of pre-Tethyan events on early Tethyan history
Complex evolution of Paleo-Tethyan continental margins
The Germanotype Cimmerides: Effects of repeated orogenies of different types on cratonic structures and the problem of "inversion" in Eurasia
Tri-partite subdivision of Phanerozoic orogenies and its effects on the late recognition of the closure of Paleo-Tethys

Conclusion

References Cited

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