Slip partitioning and inclined dextral transpression along the Zagros Thrust System, Iran

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 116-136

  Sarkarinejad, Khalil ^a   Azizi, Ahmad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Shear zone; Transpression; Zagros orogenic belt; Zagros Thrust System

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAL TRANSPRESSION; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP PARTITIONING;

PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRAIN; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; METAMORPHISM; OBLIQUE FAULT; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSPRESSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS;

EID: 37549013708     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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