Episodic evolution of a protracted convergent margin revealed by detrital zircon geochronology in the Greater Caucasus

Convergent margins play a fundamental role in the construction and modification of Earth’s lithosphere and are characterized by poorly understood episodic processes that occur during the progression from subduction to terminal collision. On the northern margin of the active Arabia-Eurasia collision zone, the Greater Caucasus Mountains provide an opportunity to study a protracted convergent margin that spanned most of the Phanerozoic and culminated in Cenozoic continental collision. However, the main episodes of lithosphere formation and deformation along this margin remain enigmatic. Here, we use detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology from Paleozoic and Mesozoic (meta)sedimentary rocks in the Greater Caucasus, along with select zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic data from coeval igneous rocks, to link key magmatic and depositional episodes along the Caucasus convergent margin. Devonian to Early Carboniferous rocks were deposited prior to Late Carboniferous accretion of the Greater Caucasus crystal..., , This dataset contains the Supporting Information for the manuscript entitled \"Episodic evolution of a protracted convergent margin revealed by detrital zircon geochronology in the Greater Caucasus.\" A description of the contents of the dataset can be found in the main Word document:  Vasey_CaucasusDZ_SuppTextCaptions.docx,