Active faulting in the Birjand region of NE Iran

Tectonics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Walker, R T ^a   Khatib, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THRUST;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; BIRJAND; EURASIA; IRAN; KHORASAN; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33845799167     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005TC001871     Document Type: Article

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