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Hadi Shafaii Moghadam

Hadi Shafaii Moghadam

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Earth Science

D-Index
34
Citations
3302
World Ranking
8136
National Ranking
28

Overview

Hadi Shafaii Moghadam is affiliated with Karadeniz Technical University in Turkey. Their research primarily lies within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, focusing extensively on geophysics, with additional work in artificial intelligence, paleontology, mechanics of materials, and atmospheric science. The subfields of geophysics and related scientific domains constitute the core of their scholarly output.

Their publication record includes over 100 works, prominently featuring studies on geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by them include:

  • The Geodynamic Evolution of Iran, 2021, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Neotethyan Subduction Ignited the Iran Arc and Backarc Differently, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Temporal changes in subduction- to collision-related magmatism in the Neotethyan orogen: The Southeast Iran example, 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Cadomian Magmatic Rocks from Zarand (SE Iran) Formed in a Retro-Arc Basin, 2020, Lithos
  • Prolonged magmatism and growth of the Iran-Anatolia Cadomian continental arc segment in Northern Gondwana, 2020, Lithos

Frequent coauthors include William L. Griffin, Qiuli Li, Orhan Karslı, Robert J. Stern, and Ghasem Ghorbani, each collaborating on multiple publications.

The most frequent venues for publishing their research are Lithos, International Geology Review, Gondwana Research, Journal of the Geological Society, and Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Ophiolites of Iran: Keys to understanding the tectonic evolution of SW Asia: (I) Paleozoic ophiolites

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Robert J. Stern

  • Cadomian (Ediacaran-Cambrian) arc magmatism in the ChahJam-Biarjmand metamorphic complex (Iran): magmatism along the northern active margin of Gondwana

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Mohsen Khademi;Zhaochu Hu;Robert J. Stern

  • Geodynamic evolution of Upper Cretaceous Zagros ophiolites: formation of oceanic lithosphere above a nascent subduction zone

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Robert J. Stern

  • Significance of Nain-Baft ophiolitic belt (Iran): Short-lived, transtensional Cretaceous back-arc oceanic basins over the Tethyan subduction zone

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Hubert Whitechurch;Mohamad Rahgoshay;Iman Monsef

  • The Dehshir ophiolite (central Iran): Geochemical constraints on the origin and evolution of the Inner Zagros ophiolite belt

    H. Shafaii Moghadam;Robert J. Stern;M. Rahgoshay

  • Arc-related harzburgite–dunite–chromitite complexes in the mantle section of the Sabzevar ophiolite, Iran: A model for formation of podiform chromitites

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Mohamed Zaki Khedr;Mohamed Zaki Khedr;Shoji Arai;Robert J. Stern

  • Neoproterozoic magmatic flare-up along the N. margin of Gondwana: the Taknar complex, NE Iran

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Xian-Hua Li;Jose F. Santos;Robert J. Stern

  • Sabzevar Ophiolite, NE Iran: Progress from embryonic oceanic lithosphere into magmatic arc constrained by new isotopic and geochemical data

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Fernando Corfu;Massimo Chiaradia;Robert J. Stern

  • Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of Late Carboniferous A-type granites and gabbronorites in NW Iran: geochronological and geochemical constraints

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Xian Hua Li;Xiao Xiao Ling;Robert J. Stern

  • The Geodynamic Evolution of Iran

    Robert J. Stern;Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Mortaza Pirouz;Walter Mooney

  • The calc-alkaline and adakitic volcanism of the Sabzevar structural zone (NE Iran): Implications for the Eocene magmatic flare-up in Central Iran

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Federico Rossetti;Federico Lucci;Massimo Chiaradia

  • Devonian to Permian evolution of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean: New evidence from U–Pb zircon dating and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopes of the Darrehanjir–Mashhad "ophiolites", NE Iran

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Xian Hua Li;Xiao Xiao Ling;Robert J. Stern

  • Early Paleozoic tectonic reconstruction of Iran: tales from detrital zircon geochronology

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Xian Hua Li;William L. Griffin;Robert J. Stern

  • Crustal Evolution of NW Iran: Cadomian Arcs, Archean Fragments and the Cenozoic Magmatic Flare-Up

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;William L Griffin;Xian-Hua Li;Jose F Santos

  • Eocene Kashmar granitoids (NE Iran): Petrogenetic constraints from U–Pb zircon geochronology and isotope geochemistry

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Xian Hua Li;Xiao Xiao Ling;Jose F. Santos

  • Geochemistry and tectonic evolution of the Late Cretaceous Gogher–Baft ophiolite, central Iran

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Robert J. Stern;Massimo Chiaradia;Mohamad Rahgoshay

  • U–Pb zircon ages of Late Cretaceous Nain–Dehshir ophiolites, central Iran

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Fernando Corfu;Robert J. Stern

  • Roll-Back, Extension and Mantle Upwelling Triggered Eocene Potassic Magmatism in NW Iran

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;William L. Griffin;Maria Kirchenbaur;Maria Kirchenbaur;Dieter Garbe-Schönberg

  • Age and nature of 560–520 Ma calc-alkaline granitoids of Biarjmand, northeast Iran: insights into Cadomian arc magmatism in northern Gondwana

    Hadi S. Moghadam;Xian–Hua Li;Robert J. Stern;Jose F. Santos

  • Supra-subduction zone magmatism of the Neyriz ophiolite, Iran: constraints from geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Mohamed Zaki Khedr;Massimo Chiaradia;Robert J. Stern

  • Repeated magmatic buildup and deep “hot zones” in continental evolution: The Cadomian crust of Iran

    Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Hadi Shafaii Moghadam;Q.L. Li;W.L. Griffin;R.J. Stern

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Stern
Robert J. Stern The University of Texas at Dallas
William L. Griffin
William L. Griffin Macquarie University
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly Macquarie University
Xian-Hua Li
Xian-Hua Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Massimo Chiaradia
Massimo Chiaradia University of Geneva
Qiu-Li Li
Qiu-Li Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Akihiro Tamura
Akihiro Tamura Kanazawa University
Chris J. Ottley
Chris J. Ottley Durham University
Shoji Arai
Shoji Arai Kanazawa University
Jun-Ichi Kimura
Jun-Ichi Kimura Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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