Morphotectonics domains and structural styles in the Makran accretionary prism, offshore Iran

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 157-179

  Grando, Gianluca ^a,b   McClay, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Midland Valley Exploration Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretionary prism; Imbricate fan; Mud volcanoes; Shale diapirs; Underplating

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DIAPIR; DIAPIRISM; MUD VOLCANO; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SHALE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TURBIDITE; UNDERPLATING;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MAKRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33847374262     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.05.030     Document Type: Article

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