State of stress induced by plate convergence and stress partitioning in northeastern Iran, as indicated by focal mechanisms of earthquakes

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 120-132

  Zamani G , Behzad ^a,b   Angelier, Jacques ^c,d   Zamani, Ahmad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Binalud; Collision; Focal mechanisms; Inversion; Kopet Dagh; NE Iran; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; COLLISION ZONE; COMPRESSION; EARTHQUAKE; EURASIAN PLATE; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; INVERSION TECTONICS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE TECTONICS; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ASIA; ELBURZ; EURASIA; IRAN; KOPET-DAGH BASIN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 38749127557     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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