Active transtension inside central Alborz: A new insight into northern Iran-southern Caspian geodynamics

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 477-480

  Ritz, J F ^a   Nazari, H ^a,b   Ghassemi, A ^b   Salamati, R ^b   Shafei, A ^b   Solaymani, S ^c   Vernant, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Central Alborz; Iran; South Caspian basin; Transtension

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; IRAN; LEFT-LATERAL WRENCHING; TRANSTENSION;

EARTHQUAKES; LANDFORMS; TECTONICS;

GEOLOGY;

GEODYNAMICS; TECTONICS; TRANSPRESSION; TRANSTENSION;

ASIA; CASPIAN BASIN; ELBURZ; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33745325628     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22319.1     Document Type: Article

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