The geometry of structures in the Zagros cover rocks and its neotectonic implications

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 195, Issue , 2002, Pages 205-217

  Sattarzadeh, Yosef ^a   Cosgrove, John W ^b   Vita Finzi, Claudio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; DEFORMATION; FOLDING; GEOMETRY; NEOTECTONICS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

IRAN;

IRANIA;

EID: 0037005166     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.195.01.11     Document Type: Article

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