-
which lasted between the
Cambrian and the
Early Tri****ic,
while the
Neotethys formed during the Late Tri****ic and
lasted in some form up to the Oligocene–Miocene...
- the
Eurasia margin as the
Neotethys crust was
subducted beneath it. A
separate intra-oceanic
subduction zone in the
Neotethys resulted in the obuction...
- Superterranes.
During the
Early Permian, this rift
developed into the
Neotethys ocean (Fig. 2). From that time on, the
Cimmerian Superterranes drifted...
-
forming during the Late
Cretaceous epoch as a
result of the
closure of the
Neotethys Ocean that
caused shortening of the
continental margin with reactivation...
- part. At
about the same time, 170 mya in the Jur****ic period, a
small Neotethys ocean basin formed shortly before the
Tethys Sea was
closed at the eastern...
- China; SC=South China; PA=Panthal****ic Ocean; PT=Paleotethys Ocean; NT=
Neotethys Ocean.
Orogens shown in red.
Subduction zones shown in black. Spreading...
- Ocean; it is now
known to be a
structurally younger basin,
called the
Neotethys,
which was
first formed by the
convergence of the
African Plate and Eurasian...
-
closing the
Mediterranean Sea (thus
completely closing the
Tethys Ocean (or
Neotethys)) and the Red Sea
between Sudan and
Saudi Arabia while the
Persian Gulf...
-
spreading center was
active in the
southern part of the
Tethys Ocean, the
Neotethys Ocean. Phytoplankton, coral,
crustaceans and many
other marine invertebrates...
- the Mesozoic.
Uplift and
compressional deformation took
place as the
Neotethys continued to close.
Seismic surveys indicate that
rifting began in the...
