The Zagros folded belt (Fars, Iran): Constraints from topography and critical wedge modelling

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 336-356

  Mouthereau, F ^a   Lacombe, O ^a   Meyer, B ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Mountain building; Topography; Zagros

Indexed keywords

OROGENIC BELT; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS;

EID: 33645048433     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02855.x     Document Type: Article

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