Tectono-sedimentary framework of the Gachsaran Formation in the Zagros foreland basin

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1295-1310

  Bahroudi, Abbas ^a,b   Koyi, Hemin A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arabia; Basement faults; Gachsaran Formation; Zagros basin

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; SALTS; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS; VISCOSITY;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; HETEROGENEOUS DEFORMATION; SEDIMENT INFILLS;

GEOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; BASIN FILL; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EID: 10144232813     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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