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Hun superterrane Ocean PROTO-TETHYS docks with Laurussia Rifting spreading NEO-TETHYS Subduction begins in Neo-Tethys Plate consumption (Sharland etal., 2001) PLA BOUNDARIES SEQUENCE ARABIAN AP10 AP1 TE MEGA- AP6 AP7 AP8 AP9 AP1 AP2 AP3 AP4 AP5 182 Ma 149 Ma 520 Ma 445 Ma 364 Ma 295 Ma 255 Ma 92 Ma 63 Ma 34 Ma 1 Gondwana Neo-T

GEOLOGIC EVENTS IN Glaciation spreading southern ARABIAN PLA Regional ' Ocean erosion along Arabia North uplift and of Episodic Mesozoic volcanism, especially in Liassic and Early Cretaceous Two-phase Syrian Arc' deformation W ethys Polar glaciation rench Fault in west in Sinai, Levant, and Syria System

T related to extension and possible mantle plume Najd rangression No majortectonicevents E-facing passivemargin on northernGondwana Arabia Rifting, extension, synrift deposition Mediterranean; development uplift,tilting, Collision with Subsidence trench along and erosion Suturing on shortening Gondwana of passive N. margin; faults form separates Cimmeria

N. margin Regional Regional Anatolian T suturing in East margin margin folding erminal from Pan-African Proterozoic TFORM accretion emplacement N.relative spreading obduction Red Sea to alongN. Ophiolite margin, Ophiolite E. Med. possible moves

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Opening of Eastern Mediterranean; exact time of first sea-floor spreading Africa uncertain. Episodic reactivation of spreading and rifting throughout Mesozoic spread volca- Wide- nism

Palmyride/ Sinjar Trough generally comments No distinct tectonic activity in separate Syrian tectonic zones; continuous environment General generally marine conditions on Gondwana passive margin

Rutbah and Aleppo highs uplifted shoulders Subsidence and overall extension throughout Mesozoic, except for Generally compressional tectonics and emergence SYRIAN TECT of Palmyride/Sinjar trough uplift and mantle-plume activity in Late Jurassic/ Early Cretaceous due to continental convergence Thrust Belt pression, inversion Episodic Palmyride Palmyride /Sinjar Fold and along Palmyride/Sinjar significant depositionin T Major riftingstageand the Palmyride/Sinjar Initial Continued subsidence uplift uplift rans- T Thermal subsidence uncertain, probably related toregional Broad subsidence rough; exacttiming Uplift anderosion Uplift anderosion no longerrifting. especially inNE of normalfaults, and limitedfault Widespread Palmyrides. and faulting reactivation subsidence reactivation Continued T folding U rough plift, tilting,volcanismanderosion Late Cretaceous probablymantle-plumerelated Inversion along faults creates half-graben topography Widespread transgression formation Northeast current Regional transgression T E Syria rough – Extension ceases Uplift anderosion W ONIC ZONES V deposition in Jordan alley Rift'? Synrift ' W W Plate-wide unconformity Regional 'glacialhiatus' idespread unconformity idespread unconformity transpression particularly in Widespread Post-rift unconformity? subsidence Rifting esp. distributed onmany Euphrates thermal System throw faults in SE; Minor Fault NW – North DSFS Initial uplift of Coastal Ranges? Sea Fault System (DSFS) forms Dead DSFS South 500 100 300 200 400 Ma Ma Ma Ma Ma SEDIMENT

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EndCretaceous(65Ma) LateCarboniferous(~295Ma) MiddleMiocene(15Ma) 10b 11b 12b LateT Santonian(84Ma)

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