ASATRYAN , G.

Dating radiolarites in the ophiolitic sequences of Alpine mountain belts is important for the geodynamic reconstruction of Neo-Tethys in the Lesser Caucasus.However, radiolarian data from Karabagh are very rare. A moderately well-preserved radiolarian assemblage was obtained from radiolarites that overliepillow lavas cropping out west of the...

Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 7, n. 6, p. 327334, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2008.05.001

In order to improve our understanding of the palaeogeographic and geodynamic evolution of the Tethyan realms preserved in the Lesser Caucasus we here review the existing data for the sedimentary cover of ophiolites preserved in Armenia. Particular attention is given to those dated sedimentary rocks that are in direct genetic contact with...

Biostratigraphic constraints for the sedimentary cover of the ophiolites preserved in Armenia are of key importance for the palaeogeographic and geodynamic reconstruction of the greater area between Eurasia and the South-Armenian block, which is a micro-continent of Gondwanian origin. We present here radiolarian data obtained from radiolarites...