Tectonic evolution of the Neyriz ophiolite, Iran : An accretionary prism model

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Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 65-74

  Babaei, Abbed ^a   Babaie, Hassan A ^b   Arvin, Mohsen ^c  

^a Department of Biological Geological and Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Accretionary prism; Detachment shear zone; Forearc basin; Iran; Neo tethys. Neyriz; Ophiolite; Zagros

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744771284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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