Quantitative finite strain and kinematic flow analyses along the Zagros transpression zone, Iran

Tectonophysics

Volumn 442, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 49-65

  Sarkarinejad, Khalil ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Finite strain; Transpression; Vorticity; Zagros orogenic belt

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE MOTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRAIN; TRANSPRESSION; VORTICITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS BASIN;

EID: 34548289066     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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