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Developing a more complete understanding of the Paleocene-Miocene strata of eastern Azerbaijan is crucial for a myriad of reasons, some academic and some applied. These strata contain a record of the evolution of the South Caspian Basin during a critical time in its development,…

I. The late Oligocene to Miocene collision of Arabia and Eurasia was preceded by ~175 My of subduction of Neotethyan oceanic crust. Associated magmatic activity includes late Triassic(?) to Jurassic plutons in the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone of southern Iran, limited Cretaceous magmati…

The stratigraphy of the fine-grained Monterey Formation is relatively poorly studied within the subsurface of the Los Angeles Basin compared to the sandstone reservoirs, and there has been only one public study of the overall subsurface composition and lithostratigraphy of the M…