Neo-Tethys Pillow Lava,  MAHIRUD Cretaceous Island arc; Eastern Iran orogen
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Neo-Tethys Pillow Lava, MAHIRUD Cretaceous Island arc; Eastern Iran orogen

by Shahriar Keshtgar, Ph.D. of Tectonics, Iran (Islamic Republic of)

The Lower Cretaceous MAHIRUD volcano-plutonic complex is located in the eastern Iran orogen (SISTAN) and along the CHAGAII-RASKUH island arc belt in Pakistan. This complex was originally a mature island arc in the Neo-Tethys ocean.